PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM

• US 20130240012A1
• Filed: 03/15/2013
• Published: 09/19/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 03/16/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Adachi, Kohichiroh, Harada, Masatomi, Ohta, Yoshiji, Iwata, Hiroshi, YAOI, Yoshifumi, Kataoka, Kohtaroh
• Application Number:
  US13/834,520
• Publication Number:
  US 20130240012A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 136/244
• CPC Class Codes: H01L 31/02021 for solar cells electrical connection means, e.g. junction boxes, specially adapted for structural association with photovoltaic modules H02S40/34
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 2300/24 of photovoltaic origin
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 3/381 Dispersed generators
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 3/46 Controlling of the sharing of output between the generators, converters, or transformers
• CPC Class Codes: H02S 10/00 PV power plants; Combinations of PV energy systems with other systems for the generation of electric power
• CPC Class Codes: Y02E 10/56 Power conversion systems, e.g. maximum power point trackers

Abstract

A photovoltaic system includes multiple series module units in each of which multiple photovoltaic modules are connected in series, multiple photovoltaic elements being implemented on a module implementation unit in each of the photovoltaic modules. The series module units are connected to each other in parallel, and the photovoltaic modules arranged in a same series stage are connected to each other in parallel.

Claims

1. A photovoltaic system comprising:

a plurality of series module units in each of which a plurality of photovoltaic modules are connected in series, a plurality of photovoltaic elements being implemented on a module implementation unit in each of the photovoltaic modules,

wherein the series module units are connected to each other in parallel, and the photovoltaic modules arranged in a same series stage are connected to each other in parallel.

2. The photovoltaic system according to claim 1,

wherein the photovoltaic modules arranged in the same series stage in the series module units are arranged so as to be distributed two-dimensionally.

3. The photovoltaic system according to claim 1,

wherein the series module units are arranged two-dimensionally, and the photovoltaic modules in each of the series module units are arranged in a double-back pattern.

4. The photovoltaic system according to claim 1, further comprising:

power conversion units that are connected to the photovoltaic modules and perform DC-DC conversion on output of the photovoltaic modules,

wherein the photovoltaic modules are interconnected with each other via the power conversion units.

5. The photovoltaic system according to claim 4,

wherein the power conversion units boost an output voltage of the photovoltaic modules.

6. The photovoltaic system according to claim 5,

wherein the power conversion units have a boosting factor that is fixed at one value.

7. The photovoltaic system according to claim 4,

wherein the power conversion units are configured such that output of a plurality of the photovoltaic modules arranged in the same series stage in the series module units is input in parallel.

8. The photovoltaic system according to claim 7,

wherein the power conversion units are arranged so as to be distributed two-dimensionally.

9. The photovoltaic system according to claim 4,

wherein the power conversion units are individually connected to the photovoltaic modules.

10. The photovoltaic system according to claim 9,

wherein the power conversion units are implemented on the module implementation units.

11. The photovoltaic system according to claim 1,

wherein the photovoltaic modules each include series element units in each of which a plurality of the photovoltaic elements are connected in series,

the series element units are connected to each other in parallel, and the photovoltaic elements arranged in a same series stage are connected to each other in parallel, and

the photovoltaic elements arranged in the same series stage in the series element units are arranged so as to be distributed two-dimensionally.