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GB2479024A
GB2479024A GB1020171A GB201020171A GB2479024A GB 2479024 A GB2479024 A GB 2479024A GB 1020171 A GB1020171 A GB 1020171A GB 201020171 A GB201020171 A GB 201020171A GB 2479024 A GB2479024 A GB 2479024A
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Abstract

A three dimensional array (solar compressor) 1 comprises a plurality photovoltaic cells "sandwiched" either side of the solar compressor 1. The solar compressor 1 consists of optical material for example, glass, acrylic, Perspex RTM, either clear or opaque with a suitable light transmittance value and thickness. The finish of the internal faces 99 of the solar compressor 1 that face the cells is provided with a surface treated by any means for example, blasting, grinding, acid etching, whereby the surface is made to be reactive to light. The compressor 1 may be solid or hollow and the narrow edge of the "sandwich" construction is the only edge exposed to light. The solar compressor 1 may be used in roof spaces, stand alone power stations, as part of wind turbines, incorporated into vehicles, or, its output may be fed into an H2O converter to drive a 4 stroke. The compressor may be cooled and the heated coolant used to feed a heat exchanger. The system may include a motorized tracking system. A parabolic reflector (Figure 15) may be used to guide light into the system. Photo-luminescent paint may be used to coat the side and base of the compressor to provide extra output after daylight has ceased.

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INTELLECTUAL
. .... PROPERTY OFFICE Application No. GB 10201713 RTM Date:14 January 2011 The following terms are registered trademarks and should be read as such wherever they occur in this document:
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Intellectual Property Office is an operating name of the Patent Office www.ipo.gov.uk 1.
The "Solar Compressor": The present invention was designed because having purchased a solar charger for my satellite navigation device, and it consequently failing on me after about an hour of use, I thought to myself there must be a better way to extract more energy from the sun in a small space than this, consequently experiments with some different configurations the following design seemed to me the best solution to the problem.
The invention relates to a photo voltaic array device where a plurality of photo voltaic cells are located either side of a "Solar Compressor", the solar compressor consists of optical material either clear or opaque with a suitable light transmittance value, the thickness can be any practicable dimension that allows the passage of light to enter the array through the exposed edge/s of the solar compressor, the finish of the internal faces of the solar compressor that face the cells is provided with a surface treated by any means whereby the surface is made to be reactive to light.
A brief explanation of the Drawings.
Fig 1 shows a side view of a typical solar compressor array, the details are as follows 1 is the solar compressor main light transference medium, it can be made from glass, acrylic, Perspex, resin and any other suitable material of the same or better light transmittance value. The faces shown as 99 are the light reactive surfaces of the solar compressor which are treated to react to the light passing along 1 this can be done by any means whereby the surface is made to be reactive examples of this treatment are media blasting, random grinding, grinding and acid etching.
12 is a piano convex lens which magnifies the daylight entering 1, this can be made from any suitable material as detailed above for 1, the curvature of the lens to be determined by the application it is required for e.g. cell depth.
The detail shown as 2 are the photo voltaic cell mounting media this is usually non reflective treated glass and this can be omitted if using plain unclad cells, detail 21 are the photo voltaic cells that are attached to the mounting media, mounting of the cells can be done by any means that allows the cells to come in as close contact to the reactive surfaces 99 as possible, examples are: spring loading on the rear face of the cell, bonding the edges of the cells 2 or 21 to 99, 3 and 4 are the mirror surfaces that can be mounted along the base and sides of a typical array, 3 can be made from glass but may be of any other suitable reflective material of equal or better reflective qualities, 4 can be in aluminium but may be in of any suitable material in any thickness to suit the application and with a suitable coating for resistance to corrosion and the elements, the latter could be used as a weight saving measure where weight is a deciding factor in the installation, both 3 and 4 can be concave curved towards the array to further reflect the sunlight back into the array, the curvature of the concave surface to be determined by the depth of the array.
3 and 4 that are shown in the figures are the flat versions of the current invention.
Fig 2 is a perspective view of fig 1 showing the typical layout of a single row cell array, this is a single array example and can be arranged in to as many array sections as are required, it can be 1 cell deep and 1 cell wide or as many cells required to gain the voltage and wattage needed for the installation that it is going to be used in.
Fig 3 is a perspective view of a typical arrangement of an array that is horizontal in configuration arrow X depicts the vertical direction, the typical arrangement shown is not restricted to horizontal or vertical but may be in any angle desired between the two to gain access for daylight to the array, 9 is the outer shell of the array which can be made from any suitable material that will allow the array to be mounted in the application required i.e. aluminium.
Fig 4 is a sectional view of one layer of fig 3 showing the arrangement of the cells and the solar compressor in regard to the vertical.
Fig 5 is a section through fig 4 showing a typical arrangement of items in the array.
Fig 6 is a perspective view of a typical arrangement of an array that is vertical in configuration arrow X depicts the vertical direction, the typical arrangement shown is not restricted to horizontal or vertical but may be in any angle desired between the two to gain access of daylight to the array, 9 is the outer shell of the array which can be made from any suitable material that will allow the array to be mounted in the application required i.e. aluminium.
Fig 7 is a sectional view of one layer of fig 6 showing the arrangement of the cells and the solar compressor in regard to the vertical, Fig 8 is a section through fig 6 showing a typical arrangement of items in the array.
Fig 9 shows an arrangement where cooling tubes are added between the rear faces of the photovoltaic cells, 11 are square section cooling tubes to get the most heat from the cells, heat transfer being a function of cross sectional area, they can be either bonded to the cells using a suitable media that allows the cells to expand and contract i.e. silicone rubber, or they can be sprung loaded from the outer casing causing all the cells to be in a state of partial compression, this arrangement can be in any of the configurations vertical or horizontal or any angle in between. The heated coolant from the array would be fed to a heat exchanger to either provide cooling for the cells or for recycling to enable heating and or hot water extraction from the excess heat generated, this arrangement would derive the optimum output from the cells as the cells work best at a desired temperature, the cell manufacturer specifies what the optimum operating temperature as being.
Fig 10 is one of the possible configurations of the current invention and is not restricted to this design alone, this is just to illustrate this design variant, It can be in any constructible solid or hollow geometric configuration that will allow the light reactive surface to work, 6 is the central core design variant which allows daylight to enter the central area of the design thus feeding daylight to the inner sections of solar compressor, it can be made from the materials as described in item 1, 12 is the plano convex lens that focuses this daylight, this will increase the output of the array by feeding as much daylight as possible to the solar compressor and onto the photo voltaic cells, 7 is a reflective surface made from material as already described in 4.
Fig 11 is a cross section of Fig 10 showing the arrangement of the cells and the solar compressor within the array.
Fig 12 is a cross section of the end of one of the layers showing the arrangement of the cells, solar compressor, plano convex lenses and reflector in this configuration.
Fig 13 is one of the possible configurations of the current invention and is not restricted to this design alone, this is just to illustrate this design variant, It can be in any constructible solid or hollow geometric configuration that will allow the light reactive surface to work, 66 is the central core design variant which allows daylight to enter the central area of the design thus feeding daylight to the inner sections of solar compressor, it can be made from the materials as described in item 1, 12 is the plano convex lens that focuses this daylight this will increase the output of the array by feeding as much daylight as possible to the solar compressor and onto the photo voltaic cells, 7 is a reflective surface made from material as already described in 4.
Fig 14 is a cross section of the end of one of the layers showing the arrangement of the cells, solar compressor, piano convex lens and reflector in this configuration.
Fig 15 is a perspective view of one of the possible variants showing the parabolic mirror at the base of the array, 12 are the piano convex lenses at the sides of the array, light paths are shown in dotted lines and are only for representation of a possible path of daylight, item 12 is not show on the top of the array for clarity.
Description of the "Solar Compressor".
It can be in any constructible solid or hollow geometric configuration that will allow the light reactive surface to work, it may be horizontal, vertical or any angle in between as long as the daylight can enter the array through its light focused edge.
It can contain any number of cells in depth and width, the only limiting feature being economics and efficiency gained at that depth.
The photo voltaic cells face towards the Solar Compressor and not direct daylight as it would be in a conventional array seen on current installations of today.
The important aspect of the solar compressor is the edge/s is/are exposed to daylight and in receipt of solar photon energy, this energy is deflected off of the reactive surface of the Solar Compressor onto the Photo Voltaic cells, even with a reduction in energy output of around 20% as the depth of the array increases there is a marked gain in output for the same area as a flat two dimensional array of the same footprint area.
The sides and base of the array can be either a mirrored surface made from any suitable material in any thickness with a suitable coating for resistance to the elements or mirrors of suitable reflective material to further reflect the solar energy maximising the efficiency of the array.
Another variant to is to have a motorised tracking system that allows the daylight to be tracked to direct the daylight through the solar compressor array.
Another variant is a base parabolic reflector with the daylight fed by plain or focusing lenses around the array, this would guide the daylight into the bottom of the array thus maximising the output of the lower cells in the array.
Another variant is a base parabolic reflector with the daylight fed by a plain or focusing central window in the array, this would direct daylight into the bottom of the array maximising the output of the lower cells in the array.
Another variant is daylight fed by a plain or focusing central window in the array, this would direct daylight to the bottom of the array maximising the output of the lower cells in the array.
Another variant is to incorporate cooling tubes as heat sinks at the back of the photo voltaic cells, as the temperature of the cells increase the efficiency drops off, if the cells can be kept within the optimum operating temperature that is supplied by the manufacturer then this would maintain the optimum output of the array.
The heated coolant from the array would be fed to a heat exchanger to either provide cooling for the cells or for recycling to enable heating and or hot water extraction from the excess heat generated.
Another variant is to take the output from the array and feed it to an H20 converter that is commercially available, the output from this could be used to drive a conventional 4 stroke.
Another variant is to take the output from the array and feed it to an H20 converter that is commercially available, the output from this could be used to drive a commercially available Hydrogen Oxygen mix boiler to derive hot water and heating.
Another variant is to coat the sides and base of the solar compressor with photo luminescent paint to provide an extra output after daylight hours have ceased, this would only be for a short period of approx 30 mins and would be of a lower output value.
Solar Compressor arrays can be incorporated into roof spaces, tops of buildings, stand alone power stations, as part of a wind turbine power system for supplementation and on windless days to maintain the required output, they can be incorporated as a chimney shaped structure on the apex of the roof, not needing south facing sunlight to generate output, they can be incorporated onto street lighting posts as a stand alone system.
Solar Compressor arrays that are constructed from lighter materials can be incorporated within the structure of vehicles e.g. cars, vans, boats etc to provide continuous daylight output for charging and running of the vehicles.

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  1. Claims: 1. A three dimensional array (SOLAR COMPRESSOR) is formed by a plurality of Photo voltaic cells placed within a sandwich configuration, which consists of a sandwich of photo voltaic cells together with a Solar Compressor, The Solar compressor being made from any optical material either clear or opaque with a suitable light transmittance value and can be of any thickness, the internal faces can be of any light reactive finish either solid or hollow in construction and in any three dimensional shape that is constructible to suit the required output, the narrow edge/s of the sandwich is/are the only portion exposed to daylight.
  2. 2. A three dimensional Photo Voltaic array as claimed in 1 above, with any number of Solar Compressor photo voltaic cell sandwiches placed adjacent to one another, with the photo voltaic cells placed back to back forming a larger three dimensional array.
  3. 3. A three dimensional array as claimed in I & 2 above but with the side edges and the base of the Solar Compressor containing reflective surfaces to reflect further light into the array.
  4. 4. A three dimensional array as claimed in 1 & 2 above but with the side edges and the base of the Solar Compressor containing parabolic reflective surfaces to reflect further light into the array.
  5. 5. A three dimensional array as claimed in 1 & 2 above but with windows around the periphery of the array with a parabolic reflective surface placed below the base of the array to concentrate light entering from the rear of the array.
  6. 6. A three dimensional array as claimed in 1 to 5 above with a solar tracking system.
  7. 7. A three dimensional array as claimed in 1 to 6 above incorporating a cooling and or heat sink system at the back of the photo voltaic cells, which is linked to a heat recovery system.
  8. 8. A three dimensional array as claimed in 1 to 7 above but with a daylight intensifying lens at the entry point of the array.
  9. 9. A three dimensional array as claimed in 1 & 2 above but with the side edges and the base of the Solar Compressor containing photo luminescent paint to provide a light source for a limited time after sunset.
  10. 10. A three dimensional array as claimed in 1 to 9 above but with a portion of the array outputting to a light system to provide a 24 hour output cycle.
  11. 11. A three dimensional array as claimed in I to 9 above outputting to an H20 splitter to drive a conventional 4 stroke/2 stroke engine.
  12. 12. A three dimensional array as claimed in 1 to 8 above with a central core to expose more of the array to daylight.Amendment to the claims have been filed as follows Claims: 1. A three dimensional array for solar power generation, the array comprising one or more solar compressor sandwich assemblies, each solar compressor sandwich assembly including: first and second photo voltaic cell arrays, each array comprising a plurality of photo voltaic cells; and a solar compressor sandwiched between the first and second photovoltaic cell arrays such that the solar compressor has internal faces adjacent the first and second photovoltaic cell arrays, and narrow faces extending between the internal faces, the solar compressor being: made from any optical material, either clear or opaque, with a suitable light transmittance value; of any thickness; and either solid or hollow in construction, wherein the internal faces have a light reactive finish formed by media blasting, random grinding, grinding or acid etching, the light reactive finish.being arranged to permit a portion of light entering the solar compressor to be reflected at the internal faces and a remaining portion of light entering the solar compressor to be transmitted through the internal faces to the first and second photo voltaic cell arrays, the one or more solar compressor sandwich assemblies being arranged so that light can enter each solar compressor via one or more of its narrow faces.2. A three dimensional array according to claim 1, comprising a plurality of solar * compressor sandwich assemblies stacked adjacent to one another so that the * : first photo voltaic cell array of each solar compressor sandwich assembly is back to back with the second photo voltaic cell array of another solar compressor assembly.*: *::* 3. A three dimensional array according to claim 1 or claim 2, each of the one or more solar compressor sandwich assemblies comprising a reflective surface at side faces and a base face of the narrow faces of the solar compressor, the reflective surfaces being arranged to reflect further light into the array.4. A three dimensional array according to claim 3, wherein the reflective surfaces are parabolic in shape.5. A three dimensional array according to claim 1 or claim 2, comprising a parabolic reflective surface arranged below the base of the array to reflect light to the base of each solar compressor.6. A three dimensional array according to any of claims I to 5, with a solar tracking system.7. A three dimensional array according to any of claims I to 6, incorporating a cooling and/or heat sink system at the back of the photo voltaic cells, which is linked to a heat recovery system.8. A three dimensional array according to claims 1 to 7, with a daylight intensifying lens at the entry point of the array.9. A three dimensional array according to claim 1 or claim 2, with side faces and a base face of the narrow faces of the solar compressor being coated with photo luminescent paint to provide a light source for a limited time after sunset.10. A three dimensional array according to any of claims 1 to 9, with a portion of the array outputting to a light system to provide a 24 hour output cycle.S*.S...S S11. A three dimensional array according to any of claims 1 to 9, the array outputting to an H20 converter to drive a conventional 4 stroke/2 stroke engine. * .. * S ** ** 12. A three dimensional array according to any preceding claim, with a central core to expose more of the array to daylight.
  13. 13. A three dimensional solar power generation array substantially as herein described, with reference to the accompanying drawings.
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