Patent ID: 6806415
Filing Date: 2004-10-19
Classification: H01L,Y02E,Y10S

Abstract:
A method for controlling a solar cell in a solar power generation system, comprising the steps of:(a) detecting an electric energy output of said solar cell, (b) computing a magnitude of a rise in the temperature of said solar cell based on said detected output of said solar cell, (c) adding said computed temperature rise magnitude to a prescribed estimate temperature of said solar cell to presume a temperature of said solar cell at a current time, (d) computing a temperature difference between said presumed temperature and a temperature range within which the temperature of said solar cell is intended to be controlled, (e) computing a forcible cooling drive magnitude for lowering said temperature difference by a cooling means for cooling said solar cell, and (f) driving said cooling means so as to meet said computed forcible cooling drive magnitude by means of a control means.