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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2015
Filed:
Jun. 25, 2013
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Oliver Gerhard Mayer, Garching, DE;
Christian M Heller, Garching, DE;
Marcus Zettl, Garching, DE;
Omar Stern, Garching, DE;
Mark Ronald Lynass, Munich, DE;
Eva Bernal Serra, Munich, DE;
Marianne Hartung, Garching, DE;
Michael Schmidt, Garching, DE;
Eike Mueggenburg, Garching, DE;
Yvonne Boose, Zurich, CH;
General Electric Company, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Abstract
A physical effect (optical effect), which may be observed in solar irradiance as shading due to a cloud passing overhead may be approaching a given location (e.g., a location at or proximate a solar power generator), has been discovered. This optical effect takes place prior to an occurrence of a solar obscuration event by the cloud, and thus this optical effect may be effectively sensed and processed in apparatuses, systems and methods to predict the occurrence of a solar obscuration of the power generator.