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Customized storage, high voltage, photovoltaic power station
Assignee: Chartoleaux KG LLC
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Filing: 1996-03-05
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Granted: 1997-11-04
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Expires: 2016-03-05
Abstract
Abstract The present invention relates to a customized storage, high voltage, photovoltaic power station, having at least one photovoltaic solar module and a customized storage device.
Inventors
- 👤 Claude Guyonneau
- 👤 Marc Aubree
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-07 12:05
CPC Classifications
H; H02; H02J; H02J7/00; H02J7/34; H02J7/35; G; G05; G05F; G05F1/00; G05F1/66; G05F1/67; Y; Y02; Y02B; Y02B10/00; Y02B10/10; Y02E; Y02E10/00; Y02E10/50; Y02E10/56; Y10; Y10S; Y10S136/00; Y10S136/291; Y10S136/293; Y10S320/00; Y10S320/13; Y10S323/00; Y10S323/906
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 17
Claim 1
Independent Claim
101 words
A double storage, high voltage, photovoltaic power station having a plurality of photovoltaic solar modules, each comprising a plurality of unitary voltage modules in series-parallel connection, said power station further comprising a main, high voltage storage device constituted by a storage battery, at least one customized storage device, at least one conversion device between the main storage device and the at least one customized storage device, a high voltage link between the main storage device and the conversion device, a charging regulator for the main storage device, and at least one regulating device for each of a plurality of different loads.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
101 words
A double storage, high voltage, photovoltaic power station having a plurality of photovoltaic solar modules, each comprising a plurality of unitary voltage modules in series-parallel connection, said power station further comprising a main, high voltage storage device constituted by a storage battery, at least one customized storage device, at least one conversion device between the main storage device and the at least one customized storage device, a high voltage link between the main storage device and the conversion device, a charging regulator for the main storage device, and at least one regulating device for each of a plurality of different loads.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
17 words
Station according to claim 1, wherein the photovoltaic solar modules are minimum 55 V, unitary voltage modules.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
45 words
Station according to claim 1, wherein the main storage device is constituted by a plurality of storage batteries connected in series, whose total voltage is at least 220 V and whose capacity is a function of the charge and the desired operating duration without insolation.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
23 words
Station according to claim 3, wherein the storage batteries are either of the large electrolyte reserve, stationary, lead type, or sealed, or cadmium-nickel.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
14 words
Station according to claim 4, wherein the stationary batteries have an electrolyte brazing system.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
27 words
Station according to claim 3, wherein a bypass diode is placed across each storage battery so as to ensure operational continuity in the case of component breakage.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
39 words
Station according to claim 1, wherein the at least one conversion device comprises a plurality of DC/DC converters, arranged in parallel or in series, starting from 220 V DC in order to supply the voltages necessary for a load.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
51 words
Station according to claim 1, wherein the at least one customized storage battery is either large electrolyte reserve, stationary, lead solar batteries or gas recombination, sealed batteries, or cadmium-nickel batteries, the charging and maintenance of said batteries being obtained by DC/DC converters, whose output voltage is regulatable from 20 to 60%.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
30 words
Station according to claim 1, wherein said conversion device comprises a converter equipped with an automatic charging/maintenance passage system corresponding to a voltage change applied to the storage battery components.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
17 words
Station according to claim 9, which comprises a filtering-regulating circuit for regulating the voltage on a load.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
41 words
Station according to claim 9, which wherein said converter comprises DC/DC converters in serial-parallel groups, the capacity of the DC/DC converters taking account of the permanent current particular to the load, as well as the recharging current of the storage batteries.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
16 words
Station according to claim 1, which comprises converters allocated solely to the charging of the batteries.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
53 words
Station according to claim 12, wherein the output voltage of the converters is regulated independently of the output voltage of the converters connected to the loads, the redundancy of the converters being calculated solely on the basis of the needs of the load, the charging circuit for the batteries being a reserve circuit.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
17 words
Station according to claim 1, wherein the high voltage storage is transferable into the customized storage device.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
21 words
Station according to claim 1, which has converters, customized batteries and customized regulators permitting the direct supply of all the loads.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
24 words
Station according to claim 1, which comprises telecommunications equipments completely separate from the power equipments, a completely sealed and thermally insulated enclosure being provided.
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