Josh Anderson

Title: Josh Anderson and Photovoltaic Soiling-Monitoring Innovation.

Introduction

Josh Anderson is an inventor based in Logan, Utah, whose patent work addresses monitoring soiling on monofacial and bifacial photovoltaic panels. His invention focuses on measuring how accumulated dirt and other surface contaminants affect photovoltaic module output.

Latest Patents

Anderson is associated with 1 patent, titled “Sensors and Methods for Monitoring Soiling on Monofacial and Bifacial Photovoltaic Panels.” The patent describes systems and methods for monitoring soiling on one or more photovoltaic modules.

The sensor uses a measure chamber and a clean chamber. Cells in the measure chamber provide readings affected by soiling, while reference cells can be exposed to incident light outside the clean chamber to establish a clean-output measurement. Comparing the readings helps determine the soiling-related loss in output.

Career Highlights

Anderson is associated with Campbell Scientific, Inc. His patent work reflects an application of sensor technology to photovoltaic performance monitoring.

Collaborations

The provided information identifies Ajay Singh and James Richards as Anderson’s coworkers. It does not specify whether they collaborated with him on the patent.

Conclusion

Josh Anderson’s patent describes a sensor-based approach for estimating photovoltaic soiling losses by comparing measurements from affected cells with a clean reference.