Patent ID: 8901860
Filing Date: 2014-12-02
Classification: G05F,H01L,Y02E,Y02T

Abstract:
1. A photovoltaic apparatus comprising: a photovoltaic module that includes a plurality of series portions coupled in parallel, the series portion including a plurality of photovoltaic elements coupled in series, the photovoltaic elements coupled in a same straight row of the plurality of series portions being coupled parallel to one another; and a tracking control device configured to perform a maximum power point tracking control on an output of the photovoltaic module, wherein the photovoltaic module includes a temperature sensor configured to detect a real panel temperature when the photovoltaic module is operating, wherein the tracking control device includes: the tracking control device is configured to: start a search using the search start voltage and the search electric power when the search is started as references; and extract a maximum power point of the photovoltaic module at the real panel temperature.