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Prediction of solar obscuration events based on detection of spectral distribution shifts caused by approaching clouds

US9134458B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

General Electric Company · US

Inventors

Oliver Mayer · Munich, DE
Christian Maria Anton Heller · Albany, US
Marcus Zettl · Bayern, DE
Omar Stern · Garching bei München, DE
Mark Ronald Lynass · Munich, DE
Eva Bernal Serra · Munich, DE
Marianne Luise Susanne Hartung · Bad Abbach, DE
Michael Schmidt · Boston, US
Eike Mueggenburg · Garching bei München, DE
Yvonne Boose · Zürich, CH

Key dates

Filing date	Jun 25, 2013
Grant date	Sep 15, 2015
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 14, 2034

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY02E10/50
WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A physical effect (optical effect), which may be observed in solar irradiance as shading due to a cloud passing overhead may be approaching a given location (e.g., a location at or proximate a solar power generator), has been discovered. This optical effect takes place prior to an occurrence of a solar obscuration event by the cloud, and thus this optical effect may be effectively sensed and processed in apparatuses, systems and methods to predict the occurrence of a solar obscuration of the power generator.

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