US 12,247,764 B2
Solar tracking system for complex terrain
Mario D. Ibanez, Jupiter, FL (US); Kristen T. Bradford, Rosemount, MN (US); and Sriharsha Veeramachaneni, Minneapolis, MN (US)
Assigned to INVENTUS HOLDINGS, LLC, Juno Beach, FL (US)
Filed by Inventus Holdings, LLC, Juno Beach, FL (US)
Filed on Jun. 28, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/851,757.
Prior Publication US 2023/0417456 A1, Dec. 28, 2023
Int. Cl. F24S 50/20 (2018.01); G05B 15/02 (2006.01)
CPC F24S 50/20 (2018.05) [G05B 15/02 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
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1. A solar tracking system comprising:
a solar panel database configured to store data associated with a solar field, the data associated with the solar field comprising physical location parameters associated with each of a set of solar panels of the solar field, the physical location parameters comprising a relative row-to-row height and spacing of the solar panels;
a parameter aggregation tool configured to aggregate the physical location parameters to generate aggregate time-based output power data associated with the solar field based on geolocation data associated with the solar field; and
a solar tracking tool configured to generate a solar tracking control scheme for the solar field based on the aggregate time-based output power data, the geolocation data associated with the solar field, and a row-to-row backtracking constraint that defines an acceptable amount of shadow being cast on a neighboring solar panel in the set of solar panels, such that the set of solar panels of the solar field can implement solar tracking based on the solar tracking scheme.