GB959388A - Improvements in or relating to apparatus for converting solar energy into electric energy - Google Patents

Improvements in or relating to apparatus for converting solar energy into electric energy

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GB959388A
GB959388A GB36418/60A GB3641860A GB959388A GB 959388 A GB959388 A GB 959388A GB 36418/60 A GB36418/60 A GB 36418/60A GB 3641860 A GB3641860 A GB 3641860A GB 959388 A GB959388 A GB 959388A
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rows
plane
converting solar
solar energy
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GB36418/60A
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Thomas Wilfred Chandler
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General Electric Co PLC
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General Electric Co PLC
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Priority to GB36418/60A priority Critical patent/GB959388A/en
Priority to FR876895A priority patent/FR1304431A/en
Publication of GB959388A publication Critical patent/GB959388A/en
Expired legal-status Critical Current

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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H02—GENERATION; CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
    • H02S—GENERATION OF ELECTRIC POWER BY CONVERSION OF INFRARED RADIATION, VISIBLE LIGHT OR ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT, e.g. USING PHOTOVOLTAIC [PV] MODULES
    • H02S10/00—PV power plants; Combinations of PV energy systems with other systems for the generation of electric power
    • H02S10/10—PV power plants; Combinations of PV energy systems with other systems for the generation of electric power including a supplementary source of electric power, e.g. hybrid diesel-PV energy systems
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H02—GENERATION; CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
    • H02J—CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS OR SYSTEMS FOR SUPPLYING OR DISTRIBUTING ELECTRIC POWER; SYSTEMS FOR STORING ELECTRIC ENERGY
    • H02J7/00—Circuit arrangements for charging or depolarising batteries or for supplying loads from batteries
    • H02J7/34—Parallel operation in networks using both storage and other dc sources, e.g. providing buffering
    • H02J7/35—Parallel operation in networks using both storage and other dc sources, e.g. providing buffering with light sensitive cells
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H02—GENERATION; CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
    • H02S—GENERATION OF ELECTRIC POWER BY CONVERSION OF INFRARED RADIATION, VISIBLE LIGHT OR ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT, e.g. USING PHOTOVOLTAIC [PV] MODULES
    • H02S20/00—Supporting structures for PV modules
    • H02S20/20—Supporting structures directly fixed to an immovable object
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02E—REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION
    • Y02E10/00—Energy generation through renewable energy sources
    • Y02E10/50—Photovoltaic [PV] energy
    • Y02E10/56—Power conversion systems, e.g. maximum power point trackers

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Power Engineering (AREA)
  • Photovoltaic Devices (AREA)

Abstract

959,388. Photovoltaic devices. GENERAL ELECTRIC CO. Ltd. Sept. 29, 1961 [Oct. 24, 1960], No. 36418/60. Heading H1K. An apparatus for converting solar energy into electrical energy comprises a multiplicity of interconnected photo-cells, at least some of which are disposed generally in a plane to form a plurality of rows, each device in said rows being mounted inclined to the plane to give maximum output when sunlight falls on the device at an acute angle greater than 20 degrees to the normal to said plane. Each device may consist of a silicon PN-junction wafer encapsulated in thermosetting resin. In a typical apparatus, Fig. 1, the rows are mounted on inclined slats 4. Additional rows of devices are mounted on the top panel 3 of box 2 at a different angle. In use the box is disposed so that all the cells face directly into the sun at mid-day. Specification 955,595 is referred to.
GB36418/60A 1960-10-24 1960-10-24 Improvements in or relating to apparatus for converting solar energy into electric energy Expired GB959388A (en)

Priority Applications (2)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
GB36418/60A GB959388A (en) 1960-10-24 1960-10-24 Improvements in or relating to apparatus for converting solar energy into electric energy
FR876895A FR1304431A (en) 1960-10-24 1961-10-24 Device for converting solar energy into electrical energy

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Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
GB36418/60A GB959388A (en) 1960-10-24 1960-10-24 Improvements in or relating to apparatus for converting solar energy into electric energy

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GB959388A true GB959388A (en) 1964-06-03

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FR1304431A (en) 1962-09-21

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