System for the electronic management of photovoltaic cells as a function of meteorology

A photovoltaic generator comprising:

• at least one photovoltaic cell;
• a plurality of n parallel coupled static converters, each of said plurality of static converters configured for being selectively coupled to at least one of the at least one cells of the photovoltaic generator;
• and
• a management system to determine when each of said plurality of converters should be selectively coupled to at least one of the at least one cells of the photovoltaic generator, wherein a connection including a select number of said plurality of converters connected is selected in accordance with a variation in photovoltaic power determined by comparing a measured power value of power generated by the at least one photovoltaic cell with threshold values P1, P2, . . . Pn−1, the connection including i static converters of said plurality of static converters if a first connection condition corresponding to a measured power value between Pi−1 and Pi is satisfied, and the connection including each static converter of said plurality of static converters if a second connection condition corresponding to a measured power value greater than Pn−1 is satisfied, wherein the connection is made only after a delay time t if the corresponding first connection condition or the corresponding second connection condition is still satisfied.

A method of controlling a photovoltaic generator having at least one photovoltaic cell and a plurality of n parallel coupled converters, each of the plurality of converters configured for being selectively electrically connected to at least one of the at least one photovoltaic cells, the method comprising:

• measuring an amount of power generated by the at least one photovoltaic cell and determining a measured power value based upon the measured amount of power;
• comparing the amount of power generated by the at least one photovoltaic cell with a peak power value;
• comparing the amount of power generated by the at least one photovoltaic cell to threshold values P1, P2, . . . Pn−1;
• and
• establishing a connection including a select number of the plurality of converters, the connection including i converters of the plurality of converters if a first connection condition corresponding to a measured power value between Pi−1 and Pi is satisfied, and the connection including each static converter of the plurality of converters if a second connection condition corresponding to a measured power value greater than Pn−1 is satisfied, wherein connection is made only after a delay time t if the corresponding first connection condition or the corresponding second connection condition is still satisfied.