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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 29, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 14, 2013
Abb Schweiz Ag, Baden, CH;
Panagiotis Bakas, Västerås, SE;
Sara Ahmed, Cary, NC (US);
Michal Lazarczyk, Cracow, PL;
Radoslaw Nalepa, Raciborowice, PL;
Antonis Marinopoulos, Västerås, SE;
Dimitrios Doukas, Thessaloniki, GR;
Jyoti Sastry, Cary, NC (US);
ABB Schweiz AG, , CH;
Abstract
A solar power plant including a power conversion system and a method of controlling the power conversion system. Implemented in a DC/AC inverter, the plant includes photovoltaic modules (PV modules) arranged in arrays connected to a respective DC/DC converters. A power collecting grid interfaces between the DC/DC converters and the DC/AC inverter. The method includes monitoring the performance of each PV array by adjusting the voltage level of each interface between a PV array and the corresponding DC/DC converter, and includes monitoring the output power of each DC/DC converter as a feedback for the regulating.