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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 27, 2019
Filed:
Nov. 08, 2017
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Kalyan Kanti Dasgupta, Bangalore, IN;
Pankaj S. Dayama, Bangalore, IN;
Jagabondhu Hazra, Bangalore, IN;
Shivkumar Kalyanaraman, Bangalore, IN;
Manikandan Padmanaban, Bangalore, IN;
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
One embodiment provides a method, including: receiving photovoltaic output from a solar module, the solar module comprising a plurality of solar panels electronically connected together by a plurality of strings, wherein the photovoltaic output corresponding to any given one of the strings is limited by the lowest performing solar panel in said given one of the strings; determining a reflection profile for the solar module, wherein the reflection profile describes an illumination pattern of light incident onto the solar module; and increasing, based upon the determined reflection profile, the photovoltaic output of the solar module to match a requested photovoltaic output, wherein the increasing comprises electrically reassigning one or more solar panels within the solar module from one string to a different string, such that each string electrically ties together solar panels that produce a photovoltaic output within a predetermined range of each other.