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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jan. 07, 2020

Filed:

Aug. 23, 2018
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Khalid Abdulla, Melbourne, AU;

Julia Baldauf, South Melbourne, AU;

Julian de Hoog, Melbourne, AU;

Benjamin S. Mashford, Melbourne, AU;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 7/35 (2006.01); H02S 40/10 (2014.01); H02S 40/42 (2014.01); H02S 40/44 (2014.01); G05B 15/02 (2006.01); H02S 50/10 (2014.01); H02J 3/38 (2006.01); H01L 31/024 (2014.01); H02S 50/00 (2014.01); F24F 5/00 (2006.01); G05D 23/19 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 7/35 (2013.01); F24F 5/0017 (2013.01); G05B 15/02 (2013.01); G05D 23/1917 (2013.01); H01L 31/024 (2013.01); H02J 3/383 (2013.01); H02S 40/10 (2014.12); H02S 40/42 (2014.12); H02S 40/44 (2014.12); H02S 50/00 (2013.01); F24F 2005/0067 (2013.01); Y02E 10/563 (2013.01); Y02E 10/566 (2013.01); Y02E 10/60 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method comprises generating power at a solar photovoltaic cell; receiving, at a controller, one or more input parameters pertaining to a power output of the solar photovoltaic cell; introducing liquid to the solar photovoltaic cell in response to the power output of the solar photovoltaic cell to increase the efficiency of the solar photovoltaic cell; recovering heat from the liquid introduced to the solar photovoltaic cell; and selecting an appropriate distribution of the power output of the solar photovoltaic cell to one or more power-drawing components in a way that maximizes a chosen objective for the whole of system.


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