Automatic system for synchronous enablement-disablement of solar photovoltaic panels of an energy production plant with distributed DC/DC conversion

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PATENT NO 8890363
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13240382

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A solar energy plant may include a DC bus, photovoltaic panels coupled in parallel to the DC bus, each photovoltaic panel having a DC/DC converter, and a first controller controlling the DC/DC converter depending on whether a voltage on the DC bus is equal to or greater than a first threshold and lower than or equal to a second threshold. The solar energy plant may include a DC/AC inverter coupled to the DC bus and outputting an output AC voltage, an auxiliary start-up power supply charging a parasitic capacitance on the DC bus up to the first threshold, and a second controller turning on the auxiliary start-up power supply based upon a start command, and turning off the auxiliary start-up power supply and simultaneously turning on the DC/AC inverter.

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STMICROELECTRONICS S R L20864 AGRATE BRIANZA (MB)

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Aiello, Natale Trecastagni, IT 43 659
Gennaro, Francesco Giovanni Catania, IT 5 223
Scuderi, Giuseppe Catania, IT 1 192

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