US 11,841,725 B1
Systems and methods for optimizing loading of solar inverters
Gautham Ramesh, Emeryville, CA (US); and Finbar Sheehy, San Francisco, CA (US)
Assigned to 8ME NOVA, LLC, El Dorado Hills, CA (US)
Filed by 8ME NOVA, LLC, El Dorado Hills, CA (US)
Filed on Jun. 14, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/209,973.
Application 18/209,973 is a division of application No. 18/116,131, filed on Mar. 1, 2023, granted, now 11,726,517.
Int. Cl. G05F 1/67 (2006.01); H02J 3/38 (2006.01)
CPC G05F 1/67 (2013.01) [H02J 3/381 (2013.01); H02J 2203/20 (2020.01); H02J 2300/24 (2020.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A solar power system comprising:
a first solar module group comprising one or more first solar modules;
a second solar module group comprising one or more second solar modules;
a first inverter coupled with the first solar module group and the second solar module group;
a second inverter coupled with the first solar module group and the second solar module group; and
a controller comprising a processor coupled with memory, wherein the processor:
(i) operates the first inverter and the second inverter in a first control position in which the first inverter draws energy from the first solar module group and the second inverter draws energy from the second solar module, and,
when a combined output of the first solar module group and the second solar module group is below a threshold percentage of a maximum output of the first inverter or the second inverter, (ii) operates the first inverter and the second inverter in a second control position in which the first inverter draws energy from the first solar module group and the second module group due to the first inverter having a first rated capacity lower than a second rated capacity of the second inverter.