Apparatus and Method for Maximizing Power Delivered by a Photovoltaic Array

A method and apparatus for maximizing the electric power output of a photovoltaic array connected to a battery where the voltage across the photovoltaic array is adjusted through a range of voltages to find the voltage across the photovoltaic array that maximizes the electric power generated by the photovoltaic array and then is held constant for a period of time. After the period of time has elapsed, the electric voltage across the photovoltaic array is again adjusted through a range of voltages and the process is repeated. The electric energy and the electric power generated by the photovoltaic array is delivered to the battery which stores the electric energy and the electric power for later delivery to a load.

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Patents:
US 5,747,967   [MORE INFO]

Inventor(s): Roger W. Taylor; Eduard Muljadi

Type of Offer: Licensing



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