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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 30, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2011
Yi Yao, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Peter Tu, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Ming-ching Chang, Niskayuna, NY (US);
LI Guan, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Yan Tong, Chapin, SC (US);
Yi Yao, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Peter Tu, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Ming-Ching Chang, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Li Guan, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Yan Tong, Chapin, SC (US);
General Electric Company, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Abstract
An apparatus and method, as may be used for predicting solar irradiance variation, are provided. The apparatus may include a solar irradiance predictor processor () configured to process a sequence of images (e.g., sky images). The irradiance predictor processor may include a cloud classifier module () configured to classify respective pixels of an image of a cloud to indicate a solar irradiance-passing characteristic of at least a portion of the cloud. A cloud motion predictor () may be configured to predict motion of the cloud over a time horizon. An event predictor () may be configured to predict over the time horizon occurrence of a solar obscuration event. The prediction of the solar obscuration event may be based on the predicted motion of the cloud. The event predictor may include an irradiance variation prediction for the obscuration event based on the solar irradiance-passing characteristic of the cloud.