Patents by Inventor Edwin Kiel

Edwin Kiel 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).

  • Method for determining an operating parameter of a PV installation, PV installation having an inverter and inverter for such a PV installation
    Patent number: 12088249
    Abstract: A method and associated system for determining an operating parameter of a PV installation having a plurality of PV modules is disclosed. The PV modules each include a shutdown apparatus connected to a transmission apparatus of the PV installation and has a feed-in operation and a shutdown operation. At least one PV module is equipped with a power-optimizing device which is configured to set an operating point of the PV module in an optimizing operation. The method includes determining a first total electrical power of the PV modules in a non-optimizing operation of the at least one power-optimizing device and in the feed-in operation of the shutdown apparatuses, and determining a second total electrical power of the PV modules in the optimizing operation of all the power-optimizing devices and in the feed-in operation of the shutdown apparatuses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: SMA Solar Technology AG
    Inventor: Edwin Kiel
  • METHOD FOR DETERMINING AN OPERATING PARAMETER OF A PV INSTALLATION, PV INSTALLATION HAVING AN INVERTER AND INVERTER FOR SUCH A PV INSTALLATION
    Publication number: 20220278647
    Abstract: A method and associated system for determining an operating parameter of a PV installation having a plurality of PV modules is disclosed. The PV modules each include a shutdown apparatus connected to a transmission apparatus of the PV installation and has a feed-in operation and a shutdown operation. At least one PV module is equipped with a power-optimizing device which is configured to set an operating point of the PV module in an optimizing operation. The method includes determining a first total electrical power of the PV modules in a non-optimizing operation of the at least one power-optimizing device and in the feed-in operation of the shutdown apparatuses, and determining a second total electrical power of the PV modules in the optimizing operation of all the power-optimizing devices and in the feed-in operation of the shutdown apparatuses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2022
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Inventor: Edwin Kiel