WO2009125334A1 - Solar energy generating device - Google Patents

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WO2009125334A1
WO2009125334A1 PCT/IB2009/051441 IB2009051441W WO2009125334A1 WO 2009125334 A1 WO2009125334 A1 WO 2009125334A1 IB 2009051441 W IB2009051441 W IB 2009051441W WO 2009125334 A1 WO2009125334 A1 WO 2009125334A1
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Manuel IBAÑEZ PLANA
Daniel Chemisana Villegas
Joan Ignasi Rosell Urrutia
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F24—HEATING; RANGES; VENTILATING
    • F24S—SOLAR HEAT COLLECTORS; SOLAR HEAT SYSTEMS
    • F24S23/00—Arrangements for concentrating solar-rays for solar heat collectors
    • F24S23/30—Arrangements for concentrating solar-rays for solar heat collectors with lenses
    • F24S23/31—Arrangements for concentrating solar-rays for solar heat collectors with lenses having discontinuous faces, e.g. Fresnel lenses
    • 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
    • H02S40/00—Components or accessories in combination with PV modules, not provided for in groups H02S10/00 - H02S30/00
    • H02S40/40—Thermal components
    • H02S40/44—Means to utilise heat energy, e.g. hybrid systems producing warm water and electricity at the same time
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01L—SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES NOT COVERED BY CLASS H10
    • H01L31/00—Semiconductor devices sensitive to infrared radiation, light, electromagnetic radiation of shorter wavelength or corpuscular radiation and specially adapted either for the conversion of the energy of such radiation into electrical energy or for the control of electrical energy by such radiation; Processes or apparatus specially adapted for the manufacture or treatment thereof or of parts thereof; Details thereof
    • H01L31/04—Semiconductor devices sensitive to infrared radiation, light, electromagnetic radiation of shorter wavelength or corpuscular radiation and specially adapted either for the conversion of the energy of such radiation into electrical energy or for the control of electrical energy by such radiation; Processes or apparatus specially adapted for the manufacture or treatment thereof or of parts thereof; Details thereof adapted as photovoltaic [PV] conversion devices
    • H01L31/054—Optical elements directly associated or integrated with the PV cell, e.g. light-reflecting means or light-concentrating means
    • H01L31/0543—Optical elements directly associated or integrated with the PV cell, e.g. light-reflecting means or light-concentrating means comprising light concentrating means of the refractive type, e.g. lenses
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F24—HEATING; RANGES; VENTILATING
    • F24S—SOLAR HEAT COLLECTORS; SOLAR HEAT SYSTEMS
    • F24S20/00—Solar heat collectors specially adapted for particular uses or environments
    • F24S20/20—Solar heat collectors for receiving concentrated solar energy, e.g. receivers for solar power plants
    • F24S2020/23—Solar heat collectors for receiving concentrated solar energy, e.g. receivers for solar power plants movable or adjustable
    • 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
    • Y02B—CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO BUILDINGS, e.g. HOUSING, HOUSE APPLIANCES OR RELATED END-USER APPLICATIONS
    • Y02B10/00—Integration of renewable energy sources in buildings
    • Y02B10/20—Solar thermal
    • 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
    • Y02E10/40—Solar thermal energy, e.g. solar towers
    • 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
    • Y02E10/52—PV systems with concentrators
    • 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
    • Y02E10/60—Thermal-PV hybrids

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  • This invention relates to a thermal and/or photovoltaic solar energy generating device that includes a concentrator which is a fixed-orientation Fresnel lens that has optimum performance and can be easily integrated on the facades or roofs of buildings.
  • the angle of incidence of the sun on the lens is variable and the focus of the lens therefore shifts.
  • the focus of the lens is taken generally to refer to the intersection of the two rays that pass through the ends of the lens. More specifically, if the lens is of axial symmetry, the geometrical place of the foci over the course of the day is a curved line, and over the course of the year a surface. In the case of a lens of type, the geometrical place of the foci describes a surface over the course of the day, and a volume over the course of the year.
  • a collector is used that has a much larger surface or volume of intersection with the geometrical place of the foci and capable of collecting the sun's rays in any position, thereby under-utilising a collector and furthermore under non-uniform conditions of irradiance, for which reason it is not an optimum solution.
  • This first solution described has the advantage that there are no moving parts, and it therefore calls for minimal maintenance and can be integrated into buildings.
  • the invention described below proposes a solar energy generating device that includes at least one concentrator which is a Fresnel lens of linear focus, with said lens being of fixed orientation, and a linear solar collector (mounted substantially parallel to said focus, and characterised in that the collector is movable in any direction perpendicular to said linear focus, in such a way that it can be moved substantially over the trajectory of said linear focus.
  • the device of the invention therefore permits the utilisation of a solar collector of minimal dimensions to be optimised without the need for an orientation mechanism, all that is necessary being a mechanism for moving the collector that allows its movement in a direction that lies within a surface.
  • the device described takes advantage of the planar symmetries of lenses, so that movement of the lens in a longitudinal direction is not necessary.
  • a mechanism is achieved thereby that with only two degrees of freedom of movement:
  • X is the movement of the focal line in the direction perpendicular to the optical axis and to the focal line of the lens in function of the longitudinal ⁇ and transversal ⁇ angles of incidence, taking said angles in relation to the optical axis of the lens,
  • Z is the movement in the direction of the optical axis
  • the device can be programmed in such a way that the tracking is carried out without having to resort to tracking systems based on sensors .
  • the collector can be thermal, photovoltaic, or preferably a combination of both, so that the thermal collector can produce the thermal energy while at the same time limiting the maximum temperature achieved by the photovoltaic collector, thereby avoiding losses of efficiency of the photovoltaic cells due to increase of temperature, which can be 1% for every two degrees centigrade .
  • the first concentrator is fixed.
  • the lens is fixed, and the collector therefore moves. This allows it to be integrated into facades or roofs, that is, so that they form part of the transparent outer enclosure of a building. The most delicate part and the one that takes up most space, the
  • Fresnel lenses are therefore fixed, while the solar collectors, that is, the linear photovoltaic modules with the thermal collector attached, are mobile.
  • the lenses can themselves have a structural function or else can be attached to an existing transparent enclosure element.
  • the collector includes a second concentrator attached to the collection surface delimited laterally by two planes that substantially encompass the beam concentrated by the first concentrator, and frontally by a substantially cylindrical surface.
  • This element which can be a dielectric liquid or a transparent solid, increases the efficiency of the device still further, especially when the collector is a photovoltaic module, since it lends uniformity to the profile of the irradiance that falls on the collector.
  • Figure 1 is a perspective view of the device of the invention.
  • Figure 2 is a view along the longitudinal axis of the lens .
  • Figure 3 is a view along the longitudinal axis of the lens, showing the trajectory of the focal line and the linear actuator that can rotate around the axis of symmetry of the lens.
  • the solar energy generating device (1) of the invention includes at least one concentrator which is a Fresnel lens of linear focus 3, said lens 2 being of fixed orientation, and a linear solar collector 4, 4' mounted substantially parallel to a said focus 3, and characterised in that the collector 4 is movable in any direction 5 perpendicular to said linear focus 3, so that it can be moved substantially over the trajectory 6 of the linear focus 4.
  • at least one concentrator which is a Fresnel lens of linear focus 3, said lens 2 being of fixed orientation
  • a linear solar collector 4, 4' mounted substantially parallel to a said focus 3, and characterised in that the collector 4 is movable in any direction 5 perpendicular to said linear focus 3, so that it can be moved substantially over the trajectory 6 of the linear focus 4.
  • the lens is specially designed to have a focal line when the rays fall outside the axis. It should be noted that this design can be implemented by an expert in the subject.
  • the tracking of the trajectory of the focal line by the photovoltaic solar collector 4 can be carried out by means of a linear actuator 14 (which will allow the length R to be varied) perpendicular to the axis of symmetry 15 of the lens and mounted between this axis 15 and the solar collector 4, with said actuator 14 able to rotate about this axis 15 by angle ⁇ .
  • a linear actuator 14 which will allow the length R to be varied
  • said actuator 14 able to rotate about this axis 15 by angle ⁇ .
  • this embodiment of the actuator allows the solar collector to be oriented perpendicularly to the plane of the rays that pass through the central axis 15 of the lens. This is achieved by having the arm 16 of the linear actuator 14 joined on to the collector 4 and mounted perpendicularly to the collecting surface of the latter.
  • the lens is designed in such a way that the trajectory 6 is defined by the following expressions:
  • X is the movement of the focal line 3 in a direction 7 perpendicular to the optical axis 8 and to the focal line 3 of the lens 2 in function of the longitudinal ⁇ and transversal ⁇ angles of incidence, taking said angles in relation to the optical axis 8 of the lens,
  • Z is the movement in the direction of the optical axis 8: taking the origin to be the position of the focal line 3 for incidence of the radiation on the optical axis
  • the solar collector can be thermal and/or photovoltaic, with the first having been represented by means of the section of a tube 4' through which the heating fluid circulates, and the second by means of a rectangular section 4 that represents a photovoltaic module.
  • the relative placement of the two elements is the usual one for hybrid systems, in which the concentrated rays fall on the photovoltaic collector, which is joined onto the thermal collector that cools it, thereby increasing its efficiency.
  • the device of the invention by being attached to the first concentrator 2, finds particular application integrated into the outer enclosure of a building, as on a ventilated facade .
  • the collector 4 includes a second concentrator
  • This second concentrator which can be a dielectric liquid or a transparent solid, is a volume laterally delimited by two surfaces 11 and 12 that substantially encompass the beam concentrated by the first concentrator 2, and frontally by a substantially cylindrical surface 13. Its function is to render the radiation homogeneous, in such a way that the profile of the radiation that finally falls on the collector is as uniform as possible, avoiding peaks of solar concentration and increasing its efficiency.

Abstract

Solar energy generating device (1) that includes at least one fixed-orientation concentrator (2) which is a Fresnel lens of linear focus (3), and a linear solar collector (4, 4') mounted parallel to the focus (3), in which the collector (4) is movable in any direction (5) perpendicular to the linear focus (3), so that it can be moved on the trajectory (6) of the linear focus (4), thereby permitting optimised utilisation of a collector of minimum dimensions without need to have an orienting mechanism, needing only a mechanism to move the collector and allowing it to move along a plane.

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SOLAR ENERGY GENERATING DEVICE
This invention relates to a thermal and/or photovoltaic solar energy generating device that includes a concentrator which is a fixed-orientation Fresnel lens that has optimum performance and can be easily integrated on the facades or roofs of buildings.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Known in the art are solar energy generating concentration devices with Fresnel lenses or mirrors for the production of thermal, photovoltaic or combined photovoltaic-thermal energy, these last called hybrid. In such devices, the collector and the Fresnel lens are usually attached to a structure which may or may not be movable.
Where the structure is not movable, the angle of incidence of the sun on the lens is variable and the focus of the lens therefore shifts. The focus of the lens is taken generally to refer to the intersection of the two rays that pass through the ends of the lens. More specifically, if the lens is of axial symmetry, the geometrical place of the foci over the course of the day is a curved line, and over the course of the year a surface. In the case of a lens of type, the geometrical place of the foci describes a surface over the course of the day, and a volume over the course of the year.
These devices therefore present one of the following disadvantages:
-either the collector cannot always be situated in the focus, so that the efficiency is not optimal, -or a collector is used that has a much larger surface or volume of intersection with the geometrical place of the foci and capable of collecting the sun's rays in any position, thereby under-utilising a collector and furthermore under non-uniform conditions of irradiance, for which reason it is not an optimum solution.
This first solution described has the advantage that there are no moving parts, and it therefore calls for minimal maintenance and can be integrated into buildings.
Another solution is the utilisation of a system that tracks or follows the position of the sun, which allows the concentrator-collector unit to be oriented so that the focus of the incident radiation is always located on the collector. This tracking system can be based on sun-position sensors or on programmed astronomical trackers .
With this solution the efficiency is optimal from the energy viewpoint, but does involve moving parts subject to fatigue and requiring maintenance, while it also hinders or prevents architectural integration of the equipment .
There is thus evidently a need for a device that overcomes the disadvantages of the state of the art and that combines optimally the advantages of the devices described.
DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
The invention described below proposes a solar energy generating device that includes at least one concentrator which is a Fresnel lens of linear focus, with said lens being of fixed orientation, and a linear solar collector (mounted substantially parallel to said focus, and characterised in that the collector is movable in any direction perpendicular to said linear focus, in such a way that it can be moved substantially over the trajectory of said linear focus. The device of the invention therefore permits the utilisation of a solar collector of minimal dimensions to be optimised without the need for an orientation mechanism, all that is necessary being a mechanism for moving the collector that allows its movement in a direction that lies within a surface.
The device described takes advantage of the planar symmetries of lenses, so that movement of the lens in a longitudinal direction is not necessary.
Lens of linear focus is taken to mean a lens defined by a longitudinal axis and of constant section.
Throughout this description, axis of symmetry of the lens is taken to mean the longitudinal axis of the lens that passes through the lens itself.
Preferably, in the solar energy generating device of the invention the means for driving the movement of the collector include at least one linear actuator perpendicular to the axis of symmetry of the lens and positioned between that axis and the solar collector, with said actuator able to rotate around said axis. More preferably still, the arm of said linear actuator is joined onto the collector.
A mechanism is achieved thereby that with only two degrees of freedom of movement:
- positions the collector at all times on the focus and,
- orients that surface of the collector in the direction of the axis of symmetry of the lens, that is, orienting it so that the rays that pass in the axis of symmetry fall in a plane perpendicular to that of the collector.
Advantageously, the trajectory is defined by the following expressions:
X = A0θ+A1θ3+A2ψ2 Z = Co+iθ2+C2ψ2+C2θ2ψ2 I n whi ch :
X is the movement of the focal line in the direction perpendicular to the optical axis and to the focal line of the lens in function of the longitudinal ψ and transversal θ angles of incidence, taking said angles in relation to the optical axis of the lens,
Z is the movement in the direction of the optical axis,
Taking as origin the position of the focal line for incidence of the radiation according to the optical axis of the lens, and: with the other parameters being constants that characterise the Fresnel lens; having the trajectory available, the device can be programmed in such a way that the tracking is carried out without having to resort to tracking systems based on sensors . The collector can be thermal, photovoltaic, or preferably a combination of both, so that the thermal collector can produce the thermal energy while at the same time limiting the maximum temperature achieved by the photovoltaic collector, thereby avoiding losses of efficiency of the photovoltaic cells due to increase of temperature, which can be 1% for every two degrees centigrade .
Advantageously, the first concentrator is fixed.
According to this configuration the lens is fixed, and the collector therefore moves. This allows it to be integrated into facades or roofs, that is, so that they form part of the transparent outer enclosure of a building. The most delicate part and the one that takes up most space, the
Fresnel lenses, are therefore fixed, while the solar collectors, that is, the linear photovoltaic modules with the thermal collector attached, are mobile. The lenses can themselves have a structural function or else can be attached to an existing transparent enclosure element.
Finally, the collector includes a second concentrator attached to the collection surface delimited laterally by two planes that substantially encompass the beam concentrated by the first concentrator, and frontally by a substantially cylindrical surface. This element, which can be a dielectric liquid or a transparent solid, increases the efficiency of the device still further, especially when the collector is a photovoltaic module, since it lends uniformity to the profile of the irradiance that falls on the collector.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
For a better understanding of all that has been set out some drawings are attached which, schematically and solely by way of non-restrictive example, show a practical case of embodiment.
Figure 1 is a perspective view of the device of the invention.
Figure 2 is a view along the longitudinal axis of the lens . Figure 3 is a view along the longitudinal axis of the lens, showing the trajectory of the focal line and the linear actuator that can rotate around the axis of symmetry of the lens.
DESCRIPTION OF PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS
As Figures 1 and 2 show, the solar energy generating device (1) of the invention includes at least one concentrator which is a Fresnel lens of linear focus 3, said lens 2 being of fixed orientation, and a linear solar collector 4, 4' mounted substantially parallel to a said focus 3, and characterised in that the collector 4 is movable in any direction 5 perpendicular to said linear focus 3, so that it can be moved substantially over the trajectory 6 of the linear focus 4.
For the purpose, according to this embodiment and as represented by the trajectory of the focal line, the lens is specially designed to have a focal line when the rays fall outside the axis. It should be noted that this design can be implemented by an expert in the subject.
As Figure 3 shows, the tracking of the trajectory of the focal line by the photovoltaic solar collector 4 can be carried out by means of a linear actuator 14 (which will allow the length R to be varied) perpendicular to the axis of symmetry 15 of the lens and mounted between this axis 15 and the solar collector 4, with said actuator 14 able to rotate about this axis 15 by angle α. These two degrees of freedom allow the position to be tracked using known driving devices.
Without adding any further degrees of freedom or driving mechanisms, this embodiment of the actuator allows the solar collector to be oriented perpendicularly to the plane of the rays that pass through the central axis 15 of the lens. This is achieved by having the arm 16 of the linear actuator 14 joined on to the collector 4 and mounted perpendicularly to the collecting surface of the latter. According to another preferred embodiment of the invention, the lens is designed in such a way that the trajectory 6 is defined by the following expressions:
X = A0θ+A1θ3+A2ψ2 Z = Co+iθ2+C2ψ2+C2θ2ψ2 Where :
X is the movement of the focal line 3 in a direction 7 perpendicular to the optical axis 8 and to the focal line 3 of the lens 2 in function of the longitudinal ψ and transversal θ angles of incidence, taking said angles in relation to the optical axis 8 of the lens,
Z is the movement in the direction of the optical axis 8: taking the origin to be the position of the focal line 3 for incidence of the radiation on the optical axis
8 of the lens 2 ; the other parameters being constants that characterise the Fresnel lens.
The solar collector can be thermal and/or photovoltaic, with the first having been represented by means of the section of a tube 4' through which the heating fluid circulates, and the second by means of a rectangular section 4 that represents a photovoltaic module. The relative placement of the two elements is the usual one for hybrid systems, in which the concentrated rays fall on the photovoltaic collector, which is joined onto the thermal collector that cools it, thereby increasing its efficiency.
The device of the invention, by being attached to the first concentrator 2, finds particular application integrated into the outer enclosure of a building, as on a ventilated facade . According to another preferred embodiment of the invention, the collector 4 includes a second concentrator
9 joined onto the collection surface 10. This second concentrator, which can be a dielectric liquid or a transparent solid, is a volume laterally delimited by two surfaces 11 and 12 that substantially encompass the beam concentrated by the first concentrator 2, and frontally by a substantially cylindrical surface 13. Its function is to render the radiation homogeneous, in such a way that the profile of the radiation that finally falls on the collector is as uniform as possible, avoiding peaks of solar concentration and increasing its efficiency.

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1. Solar energy generating device (1), which includes at least one concentrator (2) that is a Fresnel lens of linear focus (3), with said lens (2) being of fixed orientation, and a linear solar collector (4, 4') mounted substantially parallel to said focus (3) , characterised in that said collector (4) is movable in any direction (5) perpendicular to said linear focus (3) , in such a way that it can be moved substantially over the trajectory (6) of said linear focus (4) .
2. Solar energy generating device according to Claim 1, characterised in that the means for driving the movement of the collector (4, 4') include at least one linear actuator (14) perpendicular to the axis of symmetry (15) of the lens and positioned between that axis (15) and the solar collector (4), with said actuator (14) able to rotate around the axis (15) .
3. Solar energy generating device according to Claim 2, characterised in that the arm (16) of said linear actuator (14) is joined onto the collector (4) and mounted perpendicularly to the collecting surface of the latter.
4. Solar energy generating device according to Claim 1, characterised in that said trajectory (6) is defined by the following expressions:
X = A0θ+A1θ3+A2ψ2
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In which:
X is the movement of the focal line (3) in the direction (7) perpendicular to the optical axis (8) and to the focal line (3) of the lens (2) in function of the longitudinal ψ and transversal θ angles of incidence, taking said angles in relation to the optical axis (8) of the lens,
Z is the movement in the direction of the optical axis (8) , taking as origin the position of the focal line (3) for incidence of the radiation according to the optical axis (8) of the lens (2), and with the other parameters being constants that characterise the Fresnel lens.
5. Solar energy generating device according to Claim 1, characterised in that said collector (4') is thermal and/or photovoltaic (4) .
6 Solar energy generating device according to Claim 1, characterised in that said first concentrator (2) is fixed.
7. Solar energy generating device according to Claim 1, characterised in that said collector (4) includes a concentrator (9) attached to the collection surface (10) delimited laterally by two planes (11, 12) that substantially encompass the beam concentrated by the first concentrator (2), and frontally by a substantially cylindrical surface (13) .
8. Solar energy generating device according to Claim 7, characterised in that said second concentrator (2) a dielectric liquid or a transparent solid.
9. Solar energy generating device according to Claim 6, characterised in that said concentrator (2) forms part of the transparent outer enclosure of a building.
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