Patent ID: 11901857
Assignee: NEXTRACKER LLC
Field: Thermal processes and apparatus (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  F  G  Y | IPC F  G  H

Claim 0:
1. A solar array comprising:
solar modules supported by solar trackers, the solar trackers including actuators configured to rotate the solar modules about axes of rotation of the solar trackers, the solar modules including reference solar modules aligned with each other, the reference solar modules including a first reference solar module and second reference solar modules; and
a controller operatively coupled to the actuators to control angular orientations of the solar modules, wherein the controller is configured to:
control an angular orientation of the first reference solar module according to a first reference orientation setpoint corresponding to an initial orientation setpoint;
control an angular orientation of the second reference solar module according to a second reference orientation setpoint, the second reference orientation setpoint corresponding to the initial orientation setpoint shifted by an offset angle associated with the second reference solar module; and
control the angular orientations of the solar modules other than the reference solar modules according to a reference orientation setpoint associated with a reference solar module of the first and second reference solar modules.