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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 29, 2016
Filed:
Jun. 28, 2012
Bex George Thomas, Ballston Lake, NY (US);
Ahmed Elasser, Latham, NY (US);
Srinivas Bollapragada, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Anthony William Galbraith, Wirtz, VA (US);
Mohammed Agamy, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Maxim Valeryevich Garifullin, Barrington, IL (US);
Bex George Thomas, Ballston Lake, NY (US);
Ahmed Elasser, Latham, NY (US);
Srinivas Bollapragada, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Anthony William Galbraith, Wirtz, VA (US);
Mohammed Agamy, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Maxim Valeryevich Garifullin, Barrington, IL (US);
General Electric Company, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Abstract
A system and method of using one or more DC-DC/DC-AC converters and/or alternative devices allows strings of multiple module technologies to coexist within the same PV power plant. A computing (optimization) framework estimates the percentage allocation of PV power plant capacity to selected PV module technologies. The framework and its supporting components considers irradiation, temperature, spectral profiles, cost and other practical constraints to achieve the lowest levelized cost of electricity, maximum output and minimum system cost. The system and method can function using any device enabling distributed maximum power point tracking at the module, string or combiner level.