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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 25, 2019
Filed:
Nov. 25, 2014
Ftc Solar, Inc., Austin, TX (US);
Andrew Joseph Morse, Sykesville, MD (US);
Nagendra Srinivas Cherukupalli, Saratoga, CA (US);
Ravi Ranganathan, Chennai, IN;
Krishnan Ramagopal, Chennai, IN;
FTC Solar, Inc., Austin, TX (US);
Abstract
A computer-implemented method for determining boundary offsets in a photovoltaic (PV) system based on shadow simulations is implemented by a design automation computer system in communication with a memory. The method includes identifying a set of obstructions wherein the set of obstructions includes a set of obstruction elevations and a set of obstruction offsets, simulating a set of shadow effects using a first coarse shadow algorithm based on the set of obstructions, refining the set of shadow effects using a second fine shadow algorithm based on the set of obstructions and the set of shadow effects, and defining a plurality of boundary of boundary offsets based on the refined set of shadow effects.