US Patent Issued to National Technology & Engineering Solutions of Sandia on June 24 for "Systems, methods and tools for estimating PV module and array power loss attributable to partial shading or soiling of a PV module and array" (New Mexico, Vermont Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,340,497, issued on June 24, was assigned to National Technology & Engineering Solutions of Sandia LLC (Albuquerque, N.M.).

"Systems, methods and tools for estimating PV module and array power loss attributable to partial shading or soiling of a PV module and array" was invented by Jennifer L. Braid (Albuquerque, N.M.), Laurie Burnham (Fairlee, Vt.) and Daniel Riley (Albuquerque, N.M.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Arrays of photovoltaic modules produce power as a result of incident solar radiation. The amount of radiation reaching a solar cell can be decreased due to light-blocking matter adhering to the module surface. The light-blockin...