Detection of arcing location on photovoltaic systems using filters

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PATENT NO 9897642
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14643032

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The present invention relates to photovoltaic systems capable of identifying the location of an arc-fault. In particular, such systems include a unique filter connected to each photovoltaic (PV) string, thereby providing a unique filtered noise profile associated with a particular PV string. Also described herein are methods for identifying and isolating such arc-faults.

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  • NATIONAL TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING SOLUTIONS OF SANDIA, LLC;SANDIA CORPORATION

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Johnson, Jay Albuquerque, US 36 377

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