Photovoltaic cell detection method, apparatus, and system, medium, and chip

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12395124-B2
Application number	US-202318454211-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 23, 2023
Priority date	Feb 23, 2021
Publication date	Aug 19, 2025
Grant date	Aug 19, 2025

Abstract

A photovoltaic cell detection method includes determining a first output power working at a first voltage and a second output power working at a second voltage, where a difference between the first output power and the second output power is less than a power difference threshold, and where both the first output power and the second output power are greater than 0; controlling the photovoltaic cell to work at the first voltage, and obtaining first infrared image information of the photovoltaic cell; and controlling the photovoltaic cell to work at the second voltage, and obtaining second infrared image information of the photovoltaic cell, where both the first infrared image information and the second infrared image information are used to jointly detect whether the photovoltaic cell is faulty.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method, comprising:
controlling a to-be-detected photovoltaic cell to work at a first voltage, wherein the to-be-detected photovoltaic cell has a first output power while working at the first voltage;
obtaining, while the to-be-detected photovoltaic cell is working at the first voltage, first infrared image information of the to-be-detected photovoltaic cell;
controlling the to-be-detected photovoltaic cell to work at a second voltage, wherein the first voltage and the second voltage comprise working voltages of the to-be-detected photovoltaic cell, wherein the to-be-detected photovoltaic cell has a second output power while working at the second voltage, wherein a difference between the first output power and the second output power is less than a preset power difference threshold, and wherein the first output power and the second output power are greater than 0;
obtaining, while the to-be-detected photovoltaic cell is working at the second voltage, second infrared image information of the to-be-detected photovoltaic cell;
detecting, based on the first infrared image information and the second infrared image information, whether the to-be-detected photovoltaic cell is faulty;
obtaining a third output power corresponding to the to-be-detected photovoltaic cell by:
obtaining, based on a preset proportion parameter and a current output power of the to-be-detected photovoltaic cell, the third output power;
selecting, from a preset power range, the third output power, wherein the preset power range is based on a first adjustment parameter and a power reference value corresponding to the to-be-detected photovoltaic cell, and

wherein the power reference value is based on the preset proportion parameter and the current output power;
selecting, when the to-be-detected photovoltaic cell is in a photovoltaic system comprising a plurality of photovoltaic cells and third infrared image information of a previously detected photovoltaic cell meets a first preset image detection condition, a fourth output power of the previously detected photovoltaic cell as the third output power; or
selecting, when latest obtained infrared image information of the to-be-detected photovoltaic cell does not meet the first preset image detection condition, a fifth output power as the third output power, wherein the fifth output power is less than a sixth output power of the to-be-detected photovoltaic cell when the latest obtained infrared image information is obtained; and

identifying, based on a correspondence between output powers of the to-be-detected photovoltaic cell at different voltages, voltages corresponding to the third output power as the working voltages.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein both the first output power and the second output power are less than a preset output power threshold.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the preset output power threshold is a maximum power point of the to-be-detected photovoltaic cell.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the first voltage is less than or equal to a third voltage corresponding to the to-be-detected photovoltaic cell at the maximum power point, and wherein the second voltage is greater than the third voltage.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first output power is equal to the second output power, and wherein the first voltage is not equal to the second voltage.

6. The method of claim 2 , wherein before controlling the to-be-detected photovoltaic cell to work at the first voltage, the method further comprises:
obtaining, based on the preset output power threshold and current output powers of first photovoltaic cells other than the to-be-detected photovoltaic cell in the plurality of photovoltaic cells in the photovoltaic system, a total target output power of the photovoltaic system;
obtaining, based on a preset power adjustment parameter and the total target output power, a total power adjustment amount of second photovoltaic cells other than the to-be-detected photovoltaic cell in the plurality of photovoltaic cells;
obtaining, based on the total power adjustment amount, a power adjustment amount corresponding to at least one second photovoltaic cell; and
adjusting, based on the power adjustment amount, a seventh output power of the at least one second photovoltaic cell.

7. The method of according to claim 6 , wherein adjusting the third output power comprises sending, to a direct current (DC)/DC current conversion module connected to the plurality of photovoltaic cells, a control command that carries indication information, and wherein the indication information instructs the DC/DC conversion module to adjust, based on the power adjustment amount, the third output power.

8. The method of claim 1 , further comprising obtaining different working voltages when the first infrared image information and the second infrared image information do not meet a second preset image detection condition.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein controlling the to-be-detected photovoltaic cell to work at the first voltage comprises sending, to a direct current (DC)/DC conversion module connected to the to-be-detected photovoltaic cell, a first control command that carries first indication information, wherein the first indication information instructs the DC/DC conversion module to enable the to-be-detected photovoltaic cell to output the first voltage, wherein controlling the to-be-detected photovoltaic cell to work at the second voltage comprises sending, to the DC/DC conversion module, a second control command that carries second indication information, and wherein the second indication information instructs the DC/DC conversion module to enable the to-be-detected photovoltaic cell to output the second voltage.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein before controlling the to-be-detected photovoltaic cell to work at the first voltage, the method further comprises:
either:
obtaining, based on the first output power and the current output power of the to-be-detected photovoltaic cell, a power adjustment amount corresponding to at least one first photovoltaic cell, wherein the to-be-detected photovoltaic cell and the at least one first photovoltaic cell are in the photovoltaic system comprising the plurality of photovoltaic cells; or
obtaining, based on the second output power and the current output power, the power adjustment amount; and

adjusting, based on the power adjustment amount, a seventh output power of the at least one first photovoltaic cell.

11. The method of claim 10 , wherein adjusting the third output power comprises sending, to a direct current (DC)/DC conversion module connected to the plurality of photovoltaic cells, a control command that carries indication information, and wherein the indication information instructs the DC/DC conversion module to adjust, based on the power adjustment amount, the third output power.

12. A system, comprising:
a plurality of photovoltaic cells; and
a photovoltaic cell detection system configured to:
control a to-be-detected photovoltaic cell to work at a first voltage, wherein the to-be-detected photovoltaic cell has a first output power while working at the first voltage;
obtain, while the to-be-detected photovoltaic cell is working at the first voltage, first infrared image information of the to-be-detected photovoltaic cell;
control the to-be-detected photovoltaic cell to work at a second voltage, wherein the first voltage and the second voltage comprise working voltages of the to-be-detected photovoltaic cell, wherein the to-be-detected photovoltaic cell has a second output power while working at the second voltage, wherein a difference between the first output po

Assignees

• Huawei Digital Power Tech Co Ltd

Inventors

• Yu Xinyu
• Wang Jianqiang
• Wan Song
• Xin Kai

Classifications

• H02J2101/25

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• H02J3/381

  Dispersed generators · CPC title

• G06T2207/30148

  Semiconductor; IC; Wafer · CPC title

• G06T2207/10048

  Infrared image · CPC title

• G06T7/0004

  Industrial image inspection · CPC title