Patent ID: 11942893
Assignee: NEXTRACKER LLC
Field: Thermal processes and apparatus (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  F  G  Y | IPC G  H

Claim 7:
8. A solar tracker system, comprising:
a first solar array including a first segment and a second segment, the first solar array rotatably coupled to a first support pier and a first motor for driving the rotation of the first solar array;
a second solar array including a first segment and a second segment, the second solar array rotatably coupled to a second support pier and a second motor for driving the rotation of the second solar array;
a controller coupled to the first motor and the second motor, the controller configured to:
determine a sun elevation angle;
determine a single-cell or single panel solar array backtracking angle based on the sun elevation angle;
determine a split-cell or multi-panel solar array backtracking angle based on the sun elevation angle;
determine a first relative light transmission (RLT) based on the single-cell or single panel solar array backtracking angle;
determine a second RLT based on the split-cell or multi-panel solar array backtracking angle;
determine that the first RLT and the second RLT satisfy a predetermined relationship; and
in response to determining that the first RLT and the second RLT satisfy the predetermined relationship, control the first motor to rotate the first solar array to the split-cell or multi-panel solar array backtracking angle.