Solar electricity generator
Filing Information
- Patent Number: US7299632
- Application Number: US10491185
- Filing date: 10/09/2002
- PCT 371 date: 09/08/2004
- Issue date: 11/27/2007
- Prior Publication Data:
- US20050028524 - 02/10/2005
- Predicted expiration date: 11/02/2022
- Patent term adjustment: 24
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analyzing 100 million+ documents to uncover your network...- U.S. Classifications: 606/418 · 606/15 ·
- International Classifications: B60K1600 ·
- PCT Application Number: WO20PCTEP0211309 - 10/09/2002
- PCT Publication Number: WO2003034506 - 04/24/2003
- Foreign Priority: DE10150176 - 10/12/2001 · DE10214408 - 03/30/2002 ·
Abstract
Disclosed is a floating altazimuth-tracking array of point-focus lenses that concentrate direct sunlight on the upper ends of optical-homogenizer rods bonded to high-efficiency multi-junction photovoltaic cells. The cells are on heat sinks in altitude-tracking linear troughs holding multiple lens-rod-cell assemblies. Swiveling on horizontal axes, the troughs have their heat sinks always submerged in the water of a circular pond. Only knee-high al-together, the troughs and their floating frame rotate in the shallow pond for azimuth tracking. Closely packed floating platforms comprise solar electric farms with maximal land utilization.References Cited
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| WO2003034506 | LAING, Nikolaus, Johannes | PARKYN, William, A., Jr. et al. | Apr 2003 |
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Independent Claims | See all claims (31)
- 1. A two axis tracking solar electrical generator comprising a concentrator for sun rays; and a homogenizer, wherein the concentrator forms a pencil in which the rays are concentrated onto a small area on an entrance surface of the homogenizer which on its opposite surface is attached to a photovoltaic cell whereby said entrance surface of the homogenizer is so large that the concentrated rays still reach the photovoltaic cell even when the tracking has an error of 1 degree.
- 5. A two axis tracking solar electrical generator comprising a concentrator for sun rays; and a homogenizer, wherein the concentrator forms a pencil in which the rays are concentrated onto a small area on an entrance surface of the homogenizer which on its opposite surface is attached to a photovoltaic cell whereby said entrance surface of the homogenizer is so large that the concentrated rays still reach the photovoltaic cell even when the tracking has an error of 1 degree, wherein the generator further comprises a photovoltaic cell and heat dissipating means, whereby between the photovoltaic cell and the heat dissipating means a metal layer of a material is positioned which has a thermal expansion coefficient close to that of the photovoltaic cell.
