Patents by Inventor Eduardo F. Fernandez

Eduardo F. Fernandez has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Methods and systems for determining soiling on photovoltaic devices
    Patent number: 10734946
    Abstract: An aspect of the present disclosure relates to radiating light on to a front surface of a glass pane comprising a first surface and a second surface defining a thickness between the first surface and the second surface, wherein the first surface is substantially parallel to the second surface; detecting a transmittance of the light through the glass pane; comparing the transmittance through the glass pane to a reference transmittance value corresponding to a clean reference glass pane; and determining, using the transmittance and the reference transmittance, a soiling metric of a photovoltaic module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignees: Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC, Universidad de Jaen
    Inventors: Eduardo F. Fernandez, Matthew Thomas Muller, Leonardo Micheli, Florencia Marina Almonacid Cruz
  • METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DETERMINING SOILING ON PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES
    Publication number: 20190312548
    Abstract: An aspect of the present disclosure relates to radiating light on to a front surface of a glass pane comprising a first surface and a second surface defining a thickness between the first surface and the second surface, wherein the first surface is substantially parallel to the second surface; detecting a transmittance of the light through the glass pane; comparing the transmittance through the glass pane to a reference transmittance value corresponding to a clean reference glass pane; and determining, using the transmittance and the reference transmittance, a soiling metric of a photovoltaic module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2019
    Publication date: October 10, 2019
    Inventors: Eduardo F. Fernandez, Matthew Thomas Muller, Leonardo Micheli, Florencia Marina Almonacid Cruz