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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 08, 2018
Filed:
Jun. 09, 2010
Applicant:
Steven M. Kraft, Albany, CA (US);
Inventor:
Steven M. Kraft, Albany, CA (US);
Assignee:
SunPower Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F24J 2/38 (2014.01); F24J 2/54 (2006.01); H02S 20/00 (2014.01); H02S 20/32 (2014.01); F24J 2/46 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F24J 2/38 (2013.01); F24J 2/5413 (2013.01); H02S 20/00 (2013.01); H02S 20/32 (2014.12); F24J 2/4638 (2013.01); F24J 2200/04 (2013.01); Y02E 10/47 (2013.01); Y02E 10/50 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods of operating solar tracking apparatuses are described. For example, a method includes determining a minimum amount of energy required to move the solar tracking apparatus from a first position to a second position. An available radiance is estimated for a solar resource coupled to the solar tracking apparatus. The solar tracking apparatus is moved from the first position to the second position prior to a point in time when the energy derivable from the available radiance is less than the minimum amount of energy required to move the solar tracking apparatus from the first position to the second position.