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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 25, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 26, 2010
Kathleen Ann O'brien, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Robert William Delmerico, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Owen Jannis Samuel Schelenz, Schenectady, NY (US);
Kathleen Ann O'Brien, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Robert William Delmerico, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Owen Jannis Samuel Schelenz, Schenectady, NY (US);
General Electric Company, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Abstract
A solar power generation system includes a control system and a DC to AC converter coupled to a photovoltaic (PV) module and for supplying power to a power network. The control system includes a power point tracker to extract either maximum power available from the PV module or less than maximum power available from the PV module, a frequency monitor to obtain a network frequency from the power network, an internal reference frame element to provide an internal reference frequency of the solar power generation system, a frequency comparator to compare the network frequency and the internal reference frequency, and a command signal generator to use the frequency comparison to determine whether a transient increase or decrease in commanded output power is warranted and to provide a command signal.