Photovoltaic systems and related techniques

Patent · 13 August 2019

OSTI ID:1568728

Hoepfner, Christian; Mahling, Dirk E.; Kromer, Matthew Alan; Perkinson, James R.

Photovoltaic systems and related techniques are provided. A method for commissioning a photovoltaic (PV) system may include obtaining data describing an arrangement of two or more components of the PV system; performing a test of the PV system, wherein performing the test includes determining whether the PV system complies with at least one PV system criterion based, at least in part, on at least a portion of the data describing the arrangement of the two or more components of the PV system; and in response to determining that the PV system complies with the at least one PV system criterion, activating the PV system and/or notifying a user of the PV system that the PV system complies with the at least one PV system criterion. The method may further include sending information associated with the PV system to a regulatory entity and/or an operator of an electrical grid.

• Research Organization: Fraunhofer USA, Inc., Plymouth, MI (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: EE0006035
• Assignee: Fraunhofer USA, Inc. (Plymouth, MI)
• Patent Number(s): 10,381,837
• Application Number: 14/799,325
• OSTI ID: 1568728
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English