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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 09, 2014
Filed:
Apr. 29, 2011
Mohammed Agamy, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Ahmed Elasser, Latham, NY (US);
Juan Antonio Sabate, Ganesvoort, NY (US);
Anthony William Galbraith, Wirtz, VA (US);
Maja Harfman Todorovic, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Mohammed Agamy, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Ahmed Elasser, Latham, NY (US);
Juan Antonio Sabate, Ganesvoort, NY (US);
Anthony William Galbraith, Wirtz, VA (US);
Maja Harfman Todorovic, Niskayuna, NY (US);
General Electric Company, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Abstract
A distributed photovoltaic (PV) power plant includes a plurality of distributed dc-dc converters. The dc-dc converters are configured to switch in coordination with one another such that at least one dc-dc converter transfers power to a common dc-bus based upon the total system power available from one or more corresponding strings of PV modules. Due to the coordinated switching of the dc-dc converters, each dc-dc converter transferring power to the common dc-bus continues to operate within its optimal efficiency range as well as to optimize the maximum power point tracking in order to increase the energy yield of the PV power plant.