System and method of online filtering of photovoltaic signals

power-systems
renewable-energy
Authors

Ara Panosyan

Eva-Maria Baerthlein

Daniel Kotzor

Luca Parolini

Published year

2016

Inventors
Ara Panosyan, Eva-Maria Baerthlein, Daniel Kotzor, Luca Parolini
Patent no.
Assignee
GE Grid Solutions LLC

Abstract

A system for online filtering of photovoltaic (PV) output signals includes a programmable filter that is programmed to decompose measured PV output power into an estimated low-frequency signal component, based substantially on movement of the sun and an estimated high-frequency signal component, based substantially on cloud shading. An open loop controller generates a reactive power compensation signal based on at least one of the low-frequency signal component and the high-frequency signal component. The low-frequency signal component is defined by a positive portion of a sine curve that is based substantially on movement of the sun.

Filings

Jurisdiction Kind Application / Publication no. Date
US Application US14/258,756 2014-04-22
US Publication US20150303861A1 2015-10-22
US Grant US9531321B2 2016-12-27

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