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US 12,301,165 · App. 18/289,048 · Granted May 13, 2025

Array backtracking angle adjusting method and apparatus, and storage medium

Inventors: Kai Sun (Changzhou, CN); Ming Zhao (Changzhou, CN); Jifan Gao (Changzhou, CN); Peng Quan (Changzhou, CN); Guokun Huang (Changzhou, CN)
Assignee: TRINA SOLAR CO., LTD
H02S20/32H02J3/381H02J2300/24
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Patent No.
US 12,301,165
App. No.
18/289,048
Granted
May 13, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed in the present application are an array backtracking angle adjusting method and apparatus, and a storage medium. The method comprises: acquiring an initial backtracking angle group of a horizontal single-axis tracker, the initial backtracking angle group comprising initial backtracking angles of a plurality of arrays of the horizontal single-axis tracker; according to a preset deviation angle, adjusting the initial backtracking angle group to determine a plurality of candidate backtracking angle groups, the plurality of candidate backtracking angle groups comprising adjusted backtracking angles of the plurality of arrays; and, on the basis of the degree of dispersion of the adjusted backtracking angles of the plurality of arrays in each candidate backtracking angle group, determining a target backtracking angle group from the plurality of candidate backtracking angle groups, the target backtracking angle group comprising target backtracking angles of the plurality of arrays.

Claims (33)

1. An array backtracking angle adjusting method, comprising:

acquiring an initial backtracking angle group of a horizontal single-axis tracker; the initial backtracking angle group including initial backtracking angles of a plurality of arrays of the horizontal single-axis tracker;

adjusting, according to a preset deviation angle, the initial backtracking angle group, to determine a plurality of candidate backtracking angle groups; the plurality of candidate backtracking angle groups including adjusted backtracking angles of the plurality of arrays;

determining, according to a degree of dispersion of the adjusted backtracking angles of the plurality of arrays in each of the candidate backtracking angle groups, a target backtracking angle group from the plurality of candidate backtracking angle groups; the target backtracking angle group including target backtracking angles of the plurality of arrays; and

controlling backtracking angles of the plurality of arrays of the horizontal single-axis tracker according to the determined target backtracking angle group.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the step of acquiring the initial backtracking angle group of the horizontal single-axis tracker includes acquiring a relative slope parameter group of the horizontal single-axis tracker, and determining, according to the relative slope parameter group, the initial backtracking angle group of the horizontal single-axis tracker; the relative slope parameter group including relative slope parameters of the plurality of arrays of the horizontal single-axis tracker, the relative slope parameter being configured to represent a relative height difference between two adjacent arrays; and

the step of adjusting, according to the preset deviation angle, the initial backtracking angle group, to determine the plurality of candidate backtracking angle groups includes adjusting, in response to determining that the relative slope parameters in the relative slope parameter group are all less than or equal to a preset relative slope parameter and according to the preset deviation angle, the initial backtracking angle group, to determine the plurality of candidate backtracking angle groups.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the step of adjusting, according to the preset deviation angle, the initial backtracking angle group, to determine the plurality of candidate backtracking angle groups includes:

continuously increasing the initial backtracking angle of a first row of the arrays in the initial backtracking angle group by the preset deviation angle for F times to acquire F adjusted backtracking angles of the first row of the arrays; and continuously decreasing the initial backtracking angle of the first row of the arrays in the initial backtracking angle group by the preset deviation angle for G times to acquire G adjusted backtracking angles of the first row of the arrays; F and G being both positive integers;

determining, according to the F adjusted backtracking angles of the first row of the arrays and the relative slope parameter group, F adjusted backtracking angle groups; and determining, according to the G adjusted backtracking angles of the first row of the arrays and the relative slope parameter group, G adjusted backtracking angle groups; and

determining the F adjusted backtracking angle groups, the G adjusted backtracking angle groups, and the initial backtracking angle group as the plurality of candidate backtracking angle groups.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the step of determining, according to the degree of dispersion of the adjusted backtracking angles of the plurality of arrays in each of the candidate backtracking angle groups, the target backtracking angle group from the plurality of candidate backtracking angle groups includes:

determining a mean value and a standard deviation of the adjusted backtracking angles of the plurality of arrays in each of the candidate backtracking angle groups;

determining, according to the mean value and the standard deviation, a dispersion rate of the adjusted backtracking angles of the plurality of arrays in each of the candidate backtracking angle groups; and

determining, according to the dispersion rate, the target backtracking angle group from the plurality of candidate backtracking angle groups.

5. The method of claim 2 , further comprising:

grouping, in response to presence of a relative slope parameter in the relative slope parameter group being greater than the preset relative slope parameter and according to the relative slope parameters of the plurality of arrays, the plurality of arrays into array groups, and determining an initial backtracking angle sub-group corresponding to each of the array groups;

adjusting, in each of the array groups and according to the preset deviation angle, an initial backtracking angle sub-group corresponding to a current array group, to determine a plurality of candidate backtracking angle sub-groups; each of the candidate backtracking angle sub-groups including adjusted backtracking angles of arrays in the current array group; and

determining, in each of the array groups and according to the adjusted backtracking angles of the arrays in the current array group, a target backtracking angle sub-group from the plurality of candidate backtracking angle sub-groups; the target backtracking angle sub-group including target backtracking angles of the arrays in the current array group.

6. The method of claim 2 , wherein the step of acquiring the relative slope parameter group of the horizontal single-axis tracker includes:

determining, according to current time information by calling an inter-array relative slope model, the relative slope parameter group;

wherein the inter-array relative slope model is calculated according to light incident angles in different time periods, an initial array inclination angle, pitch between the plurality of arrays, a width of each of the arrays, and a shading parameter of each of the arrays.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the different time periods includes a morning preset time period in spring, an afternoon preset time period in spring, a morning preset time period in summer, an afternoon preset time period in summer, a morning preset time period in autumn, an afternoon preset time period in autumn, a morning preset time period in winter, and an afternoon preset time period in winter.

8. The method of claim 6 , further comprising:

before the calling the inter-array relative slope model, determining, according to a total length of shadow and a slope of the shadow on a current array, the shading parameter of the current array.

9. The method of claim 2 , wherein the step of determining, according to the relative slope parameter group, the initial backtracking angle group of the horizontal single-axis tracker includes:

determining, according to an initial array inclination angle, pitch between the plurality of arrays, a width of each of the arrays, a light incident angle at a current moment, and the relative slope parameter group, the initial backtracking angle group.

10. An array backtracking angle adjusting apparatus, comprising a memory, a processor, a bus and a communication interface; the memory being configured to store computer-executable instructions, the processor being connected to the memory through the bus;

wherein when the array backtracking angle adjusting apparatus is running, the processor executes the computer-executed instructions stored on the memory to cause the array backtracking angle adjusting apparatus to perform the array backtracking angle adjusting method of claim 1 .

11. A computer-readable storage medium, having instructions stored thereon, wherein a computer, when executing the instructions, performs the array backtracking angle adjusting method of claim 1 .

12. The method of claim 1 , wherein a degree of dispersion of the adjusted backtracking angles of the arrays in the target backtracking angle group is smaller than a degree of dispersion of the initial backtracking angles of the arrays in the initial backtracking angle group.

13. The method of claim 1 , wherein the determining, according to the degree of dispersion of the adjusted backtracking angles of the plurality of arrays in each of the candidate backtracking angle groups, the target backtracking angle group from the plurality of candidate backtracking angle groups includes:

selecting, from the plurality of candidate backtracking angle groups, a candidate backtracking angle group of which the adjusted backtracking angles of the plurality of arrays having a smallest degree of dispersion, as the target backtracking angle group.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 8, 2026
From: TRINA SOLAR CO., LTD
To: TRINA VANGUARD TRACKER (JIANGSU CHANGZHOU) CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 075930/0685 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 31, 2023
From: SUN, KAI; ZHAO, MING; GAO, JIFAN; QUAN, PENG; HUANG, GUOKUN
To: TRINA SOLAR CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 065403/0974 →
Priority Claims (1)
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Continuity (1)
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