Patent ID: 9641021
Date: 2017-05-02
CPC Classifications: H02J,Y02B,Y02E,Y10T

Claim:
1. A power generation system comprising: a photovoltaic power generator; at least one inverter coupled to the photovoltaic power generator, said at least one inverter subject to at least one operational constraint; a power-buffering circuitry connected between the photovoltaic power generator and said at least one inverter to buffer power generation fluctuations which can occur in power generated by the photovoltaic power generator, and satisfy said at least one operational constraint of the inverter notwithstanding an occurrence of the power generation fluctuations; and a controller coupled to the power-buffering circuitry and responsive to at least one parameter of said at least one photovoltaic power generator to perform at least one control action regarding the power fluctuations, wherein the at least one parameter comprises at least one of a voltage of the generator and a current of the generator, wherein said at least one control action is performed by the controller independently of a control strategy of the inverter such that the control action is decoupled from control algorithms of the inverter.