Photovoltaic system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11626738-B2
Application number	US-202117353925-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 22, 2021
Priority date	Dec 29, 2018
Publication date	Apr 11, 2023
Grant date	Apr 11, 2023

Abstract

This application relates to the field of power technologies, and provides a photovoltaic system, which can increase a working voltage of a photovoltaic string. The photovoltaic system includes an adapter circuit, a first photovoltaic string, a second photovoltaic string, and a controller. The controller includes an inverter or a combiner box. The first photovoltaic string and the second photovoltaic string are configured to provide electric energy for the controller. The adapter circuit is configured to be connected to the first photovoltaic string in series, and further configured to connect the second photovoltaic string to the first photovoltaic string in series when a voltage of the first photovoltaic string is lower than a preset threshold.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A photovoltaic system comprising:
an adapter circuit,
a first photovoltaic string,
a second photovoltaic string, and
a controller, wherein:
the controller comprises an inverter or a combiner box;
the first photovoltaic string and the second photovoltaic string are configured to provide electric energy for the controller; and
the adapter circuit is configured to be connected to the first photovoltaic string in series, and further configured to connect the second photovoltaic string to the first photovoltaic string in series when a voltage of the first photovoltaic string is lower than the preset threshold,
wherein the adapter circuit comprises a control circuit, a first switch, and a first element, a non-movable end of the first switch is connected to a first end of the first element or an input end of the second photovoltaic string, a movable end of the first switch is connected to the control circuit, the first switch is configured to be opened or closed under control of the control circuit, and connect the second photovoltaic string to the first photovoltaic string in series in a closed state, and when the controller is not powered on, the first switch is in an open-circuit state by default,
wherein the first end of the first element is connected to an output end of the first photovoltaic string, a second end of the first element is connected to an input end of the controller, and the first element is configured to connect the first photovoltaic string to the controller under the control of the control circuit when the controller is not powered on, and further configured to disable a path between the first photovoltaic string and the controller under the control of the control circuit when the voltage of the first photovoltaic string exceeds the preset threshold;
an output end of the second photovoltaic string is connected to an output end of the first element; and
the control circuit is configured to: when the voltage of the first photovoltaic string is lower than the preset threshold, control the first switch to be closed.

2. The photovoltaic system according to claim 1 , wherein the first element is a diode, a positive electrode of the diode is connected to the output end of the first photovoltaic string, and a negative electrode of the diode is connected to the input end of the controller.

3. The photovoltaic system according to claim 1 , wherein the first element is a second switch, a non-movable end of the second switch is connected to the output end of the first photovoltaic string or the input end of the controller, and a movable end of the second switch is connected to the control circuit.

4. The photovoltaic system according to claim 1 , wherein a first end of the first element is connected to a first switch, a second end of the first element is connected to an input end of the first photovoltaic string, and the first element is configured to connect the first photovoltaic string to the controller when the controller is not powered on, and further configured to disable a path between the first photovoltaic string and the controller the first photovoltaic string exceeds the preset threshold; and
a non-movable end of the first switch is connected to the first end of the first element or an input end of the second photovoltaic string, a movable end of the first switch is connected to a control circuit, the first switch is configured to be opened or closed under control of the control circuit, and connect the second photovoltaic string to the first photovoltaic string in a closed state, and when the controller is not powered on, the first switch is in an open state by default;
an output end of the second photovoltaic string is connected to the second end of the first element;
the control circuit is configured to: when the voltage of the first photovoltaic string is lower than a preset threshold, control the first switch to be closed; and
an output end of the first photovoltaic string is connected to the controller.

5. The photovoltaic system according to claim 4 , wherein the first element is a diode, a positive electrode of the diode is connected to the first switch, and a negative electrode of the diode is connected to the input end of the first photovoltaic string.

6. The photovoltaic system according to claim 4 , wherein the first element is a second switch, a non-movable end of the second switch is connected to the first switch or the input end of the first photovoltaic string, and a movable end of the second switch is connected to the control circuit.

7. The photovoltaic system according to claim 1 , wherein a first end of a first element is connected to an output end of a first photovoltaic module in the first photovoltaic string, a second end of the first element is connected to an input end of a second photovoltaic module in the first photovoltaic string, and the first element is configured to connect the first photovoltaic string to the controller when the controller is not powered on, and further configured to disable a path between the first photovoltaic string and the controller when the voltage of the first photovoltaic string exceeds the preset threshold, wherein the first photovoltaic module is a front photovoltaic module of two adjacent photovoltaic modules in the first photovoltaic string, and the second photovoltaic module is a latter photovoltaic module of the two adjacent photovoltaic modules in the first photovoltaic string;
a non-movable end of a first switch is connected to the first end of the first element or an input end of the second photovoltaic string, a movable end of the first switch is connected to a control circuit, and the first switch is configured to be opened or closed under control of the control circuit, and connect the second photovoltaic string to the first photovoltaic string in a closed state; and
an output end of the second photovoltaic string is connected to the second end of the first element;
the control circuit is configured to: when the voltage of the first photovoltaic string is lower than a preset threshold, control the first switch to be closed; and
an output end of a photovoltaic module located at a tail end of the first photovoltaic string is connected to an input end of the controller.

8. The photovoltaic system according to claim 7 , wherein the first element is a diode, a positive electrode of the diode is connected to the output end of the first photovoltaic module, and a negative electrode of the diode is connected to the input end of the second photovoltaic module.

9. The photovoltaic system according to claim 7 , wherein the first element is a second switch, a non-movable end of the second switch is connected to the output end of the first photovoltaic module or the input end of the second photovoltaic module, and a movable end of the second switch is connected to the control circuit.

10. The photovoltaic system according to claim 1 , wherein a second end of a first element is connected to an input end of the first photovoltaic string, and the first element is configured to connect the first photovoltaic string to the controller under the control of the control circuit when the controller is not powered on, and further configured to disable a path between the first photovoltaic string and the controller under the control of the control circuit when the voltage of the first photovoltaic string is greater than or equal to the preset threshold;
a first input end of a converter circuit is connected to an input end of the second photovoltaic string, a second input end of the converter circuit is connected to an output end of the second photovoltaic string, a first output end of the converter circuit is connected to a firs

Assignees

• Huawei Digital Power Tech Co Ltd

Inventors

• Zhang Yanzhong
• Shu Zhenhuan
• Wang Xun

Classifications

• H02J2101/25

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• H10F77/955 Primary

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• H02S50/00

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• H02J3/381 Primary

  Dispersed generators · CPC title

• H02J2300/26

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