GB2467197B - Solar tracking for terrestrial solar arrays - Google Patents

Solar tracking for terrestrial solar arrays

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Publication number
GB2467197B
GB2467197B GB0918669A GB0918669A GB2467197B GB 2467197 B GB2467197 B GB 2467197B GB 0918669 A GB0918669 A GB 0918669A GB 0918669 A GB0918669 A GB 0918669A GB 2467197 B GB2467197 B GB 2467197B
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Prior art keywords
solar
terrestrial
arrays
tracking
solar tracking
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Expired - Fee Related
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GB0918669A
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GB0918669D0 (en
GB2467197A (en
Inventor
James Sherman
Igor Kozin
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Solaero Solar Power Inc
Original Assignee
Emcore Solar Power Inc
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Priority claimed from US12/258,253 external-priority patent/US7795568B2/en
Priority claimed from US12/468,747 external-priority patent/US8193477B2/en
Priority claimed from US12/498,135 external-priority patent/US8513514B2/en
Application filed by Emcore Solar Power Inc filed Critical Emcore Solar Power Inc
Publication of GB0918669D0 publication Critical patent/GB0918669D0/en
Publication of GB2467197A publication Critical patent/GB2467197A/en
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Expired - Fee Related legal-status Critical Current
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H02—GENERATION; CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
    • H02S—GENERATION OF ELECTRIC POWER BY CONVERSION OF INFRARED RADIATION, VISIBLE LIGHT OR ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT, e.g. USING PHOTOVOLTAIC [PV] MODULES
    • H02S20/00—Supporting structures for PV modules
    • F24J2/38—
    • F24J2/461—
    • F24J2/542—
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F24—HEATING; RANGES; VENTILATING
    • F24S—SOLAR HEAT COLLECTORS; SOLAR HEAT SYSTEMS
    • F24S30/00—Arrangements for moving or orienting solar heat collector modules
    • F24S30/40—Arrangements for moving or orienting solar heat collector modules for rotary movement
    • F24S30/45—Arrangements for moving or orienting solar heat collector modules for rotary movement with two rotation axes
    • F24S30/452—Vertical primary axis
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F24—HEATING; RANGES; VENTILATING
    • F24S—SOLAR HEAT COLLECTORS; SOLAR HEAT SYSTEMS
    • F24S40/00—Safety or protection arrangements of solar heat collectors; Preventing malfunction of solar heat collectors
    • F24S40/20—Cleaning; Removing snow
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F24—HEATING; RANGES; VENTILATING
    • F24S—SOLAR HEAT COLLECTORS; SOLAR HEAT SYSTEMS
    • F24S50/00—Arrangements for controlling solar heat collectors
    • F24S50/20—Arrangements for controlling solar heat collectors for tracking
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01S—RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES; LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION OR RERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES; ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES
    • G01S3/00—Direction-finders for determining the direction from which infrasonic, sonic, ultrasonic, or electromagnetic waves, or particle emission, not having a directional significance, are being received
    • G01S3/78—Direction-finders for determining the direction from which infrasonic, sonic, ultrasonic, or electromagnetic waves, or particle emission, not having a directional significance, are being received using electromagnetic waves other than radio waves
    • G01S3/782—Systems for determining direction or deviation from predetermined direction
    • G01S3/785—Systems for determining direction or deviation from predetermined direction using adjustment of orientation of directivity characteristics of a detector or detector system to give a desired condition of signal derived from that detector or detector system
    • G01S3/786—Systems for determining direction or deviation from predetermined direction using adjustment of orientation of directivity characteristics of a detector or detector system to give a desired condition of signal derived from that detector or detector system the desired condition being maintained automatically
    • G01S3/7861—Solar tracking systems
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G05—CONTROLLING; REGULATING
    • G05D—SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING OR REGULATING NON-ELECTRIC VARIABLES
    • G05D3/00—Control of position or direction
    • G05D3/10—Control of position or direction without using feedback
    • G05D3/105—Solar tracker
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G05—CONTROLLING; REGULATING
    • G05D—SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING OR REGULATING NON-ELECTRIC VARIABLES
    • G05D3/00—Control of position or direction
    • G05D3/12—Control of position or direction using feedback
    • G05D3/14—Control of position or direction using feedback using an analogue comparing device
    • G05D3/1445—Control of position or direction using feedback using an analogue comparing device with a plurality of loops
    • G05D3/1454—Control of position or direction using feedback using an analogue comparing device with a plurality of loops using models or predicting devices
    • H01L31/0422—
    • H01L31/0522—
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01L—SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES NOT COVERED BY CLASS H10
    • H01L31/00—Semiconductor devices sensitive to infrared radiation, light, electromagnetic radiation of shorter wavelength or corpuscular radiation and specially adapted either for the conversion of the energy of such radiation into electrical energy or for the control of electrical energy by such radiation; Processes or apparatus specially adapted for the manufacture or treatment thereof or of parts thereof; Details thereof
    • H01L31/04—Semiconductor devices sensitive to infrared radiation, light, electromagnetic radiation of shorter wavelength or corpuscular radiation and specially adapted either for the conversion of the energy of such radiation into electrical energy or for the control of electrical energy by such radiation; Processes or apparatus specially adapted for the manufacture or treatment thereof or of parts thereof; Details thereof adapted as photovoltaic [PV] conversion devices
    • H01L31/054—Optical elements directly associated or integrated with the PV cell, e.g. light-reflecting means or light-concentrating means
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H02—GENERATION; CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
    • H02S—GENERATION OF ELECTRIC POWER BY CONVERSION OF INFRARED RADIATION, VISIBLE LIGHT OR ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT, e.g. USING PHOTOVOLTAIC [PV] MODULES
    • H02S20/00—Supporting structures for PV modules
    • H02S20/10—Supporting structures directly fixed to the ground
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H02—GENERATION; CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
    • H02S—GENERATION OF ELECTRIC POWER BY CONVERSION OF INFRARED RADIATION, VISIBLE LIGHT OR ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT, e.g. USING PHOTOVOLTAIC [PV] MODULES
    • H02S20/00—Supporting structures for PV modules
    • H02S20/30—Supporting structures being movable or adjustable, e.g. for angle adjustment
    • H02S20/32—Supporting structures being movable or adjustable, e.g. for angle adjustment specially adapted for solar tracking
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F24—HEATING; RANGES; VENTILATING
    • F24S—SOLAR HEAT COLLECTORS; SOLAR HEAT SYSTEMS
    • F24S2201/00—Prediction; Simulation
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02E—REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION
    • Y02E10/00—Energy generation through renewable energy sources
    • Y02E10/40—Solar thermal energy, e.g. solar towers
    • Y02E10/47—Mountings or tracking
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02E—REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION
    • Y02E10/00—Energy generation through renewable energy sources
    • Y02E10/50—Photovoltaic [PV] energy
    • Y02E10/52—PV systems with concentrators
GB0918669A 2008-10-24 2009-10-23 Solar tracking for terrestrial solar arrays Expired - Fee Related GB2467197B (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (3)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
US12/258,253 US7795568B2 (en) 2008-10-24 2008-10-24 Solar tracking for terrestrial solar arrays
US12/468,747 US8193477B2 (en) 2009-05-19 2009-05-19 Periodic alignment adjustment techniques for terrestrial solar arrays
US12/498,135 US8513514B2 (en) 2008-10-24 2009-07-06 Solar tracking for terrestrial solar arrays with variable start and stop positions

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GB0918669D0 GB0918669D0 (en) 2009-12-09
GB2467197A GB2467197A (en) 2010-07-28
GB2467197B true GB2467197B (en) 2011-04-13

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US20080258051A1 (en) * 2007-04-11 2008-10-23 Solfocus, Inc. Equipment and Process for Measuring the Precision of Sun Tracking for Photovoltaic Concentrators
WO2009048879A2 (en) * 2007-10-12 2009-04-16 Megawatt Solar, Inc. Methods, systems, and computer readable media for controlling orientation of a photovoltaic collection system to track apparent movement of the sun

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WO1985005437A1 (en) * 1984-05-18 1985-12-05 Nauchno-Proizvodstvennoe Obiedinenie "Solntse" Aka Solar power plant
WO2002079793A1 (en) * 2001-03-28 2002-10-10 Solar Systems Pty Ltd Solar tracking system
US20080258051A1 (en) * 2007-04-11 2008-10-23 Solfocus, Inc. Equipment and Process for Measuring the Precision of Sun Tracking for Photovoltaic Concentrators
WO2009048879A2 (en) * 2007-10-12 2009-04-16 Megawatt Solar, Inc. Methods, systems, and computer readable media for controlling orientation of a photovoltaic collection system to track apparent movement of the sun

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