Patents by Inventor Giovanni Pertrone

Giovanni Pertrone 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).

  • Controller apparatus with maximum power point tracking for controlling an electric power generation system based on photovoltaic sources, controlling method and related electric power generation system
    Patent number: 8829721
    Abstract: Controller apparatus with MPPT tracking for controlling an electric power generation system comprising two identical sub-sections of a photovoltaic field, connected to two respective identical switching power converters, the two converters being controlled by two respective periodic controlling signals and the outputs of the two converters being connected in parallel. The controller apparatus comprises a first and a second current sensor for detecting the output currents of the two converters, a subtractor capable to receive the two current detection signals and to generate a difference signal, an amplifier capable to amplify the difference signal by a constant gain k, and a low-pass filter capable to filter the amplified difference signal, a proportional-integral controller for controlling the filtered amplified difference signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: Universita' Degli Studi di Salerno
    Inventors: Luigi Egiziano, Nicola Femia, Giovanni Pertrone, Giovanni Spagnuolo, Massimo Vitelli
  • CONTROLLER APPARATUS WITH MAXIMUM POWER POINT TRACKING FOR CONTROLLING AN ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION SYSTEM BASED ON PHOTOVOLTAIC SOURCES, CONTROLLING METHOD AND RELATED ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20120038217
    Abstract: Controller apparatus with MPPT tracking for controlling an electric power generation system comprising two identical sub-sections of a photovoltaic field, connected to two respective identical switching power converters, the two converters being controlled by two respective periodic controlling signals and the outputs of the two converters being connected in parallel. The controller apparatus comprises a first and a second current sensor for detecting the output currents of the two converters, a subtractor capable to receive the two current detection signals and to generate a difference signal, an amplifier capable to amplify the difference signal by a constant gain k, and a low-pass filter capable to filter the amplified difference signal, a proportional-integral controller for controlling the filtered amplified difference signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2010
    Publication date: February 16, 2012
    Inventors: Luigi Egiziano, Nicola Femia, Giovanni Pertrone, Giovanni Spagnuolo, Massimo Vitelli