WO2009128071A3 - Solar radiation collector and concentrator - Google Patents

Solar radiation collector and concentrator Download PDF

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WO2009128071A3
WO2009128071A3 PCT/IL2009/000410 IL2009000410W WO2009128071A3 WO 2009128071 A3 WO2009128071 A3 WO 2009128071A3 IL 2009000410 W IL2009000410 W IL 2009000410W WO 2009128071 A3 WO2009128071 A3 WO 2009128071A3
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concentrator
triangle
reflection wall
solar radiation
radiation collector
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Itay Baruchi
Izhar Halahmi
Pasha Solel
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Pythagoras Solar Inc.
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    • 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
    • H01L31/0547—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 reflecting type, e.g. parabolic mirrors, concentrators using total internal reflection
    • 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
    • F24S23/10—Prisms
    • 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
    • F24S23/70—Arrangements for concentrating solar-rays for solar heat collectors with reflectors
    • F24S23/77—Arrangements for concentrating solar-rays for solar heat collectors with reflectors with flat reflective plates
    • 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
    • F24S23/70—Arrangements for concentrating solar-rays for solar heat collectors with reflectors
    • F24S23/79—Arrangements for concentrating solar-rays for solar heat collectors with reflectors with spaced and opposed interacting reflective surfaces
    • 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
    • F24S2020/10—Solar modules layout; Modular arrangements
    • F24S2020/18—Solar modules layout; Modular arrangements having a particular shape, e.g. prismatic, pyramidal
    • 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

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Abstract

A concentrator for a solar radiation collector is provided. The concentrator comprising a prismatic portion having a cross-section with a right-triangular shape, the portion comprising an entrance aperture coincident with a hypotenuse of the triangle, a receiving plane coincident with a short cathetus of the triangle and in optical communication with a photovoltaic cell, and a reflection wall extending along a long cathetus of the triangle and having an inner, prism-facing, side and an outer side opposite thereto. The portion is designed to utilize total internal reflection at least from the inner side of the reflection wall to concentrate radiation impinging upon the entrance aperture toward the photovoltaic cell. The concentrator further comprises a mirror separate from the prismatic portion and disposed opposite the outer side of the reflection wall, being held in fixed disposition and being free of optical bonding thereto.
PCT/IL2009/000410 2008-04-15 2009-04-16 Solar radiation collector and concentrator WO2009128071A2 (en)

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FR2395517A1 (en) * 1977-06-24 1979-01-19 Unisearch Ltd Solar energy collector and concentrator - consists of transparent wedge with reflector and small concentrating receiver surface
EP0099663A2 (en) * 1982-06-29 1984-02-01 Solar Power Laboratories Ltd Solar energy concentration and heating apparatus
US4471763A (en) * 1979-09-09 1984-09-18 Solar Power Laboratories, Ltd. Solar energy concentrator
DE9010696U1 (en) * 1990-07-17 1990-09-27 Carl, Siegfried, 8998 Lindenberg, De
DE9115759U1 (en) * 1991-12-19 1992-02-27 Wenzel, Joachim, Dipl.-Ing., 7000 Stuttgart, De
WO1993007646A1 (en) * 1991-10-08 1993-04-15 Unisearch Limited Improved optical design for photo-cell
US20090255568A1 (en) * 2007-05-01 2009-10-15 Morgan Solar Inc. Solar panel window

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FR2395517A1 (en) * 1977-06-24 1979-01-19 Unisearch Ltd Solar energy collector and concentrator - consists of transparent wedge with reflector and small concentrating receiver surface
US4471763A (en) * 1979-09-09 1984-09-18 Solar Power Laboratories, Ltd. Solar energy concentrator
EP0099663A2 (en) * 1982-06-29 1984-02-01 Solar Power Laboratories Ltd Solar energy concentration and heating apparatus
DE9010696U1 (en) * 1990-07-17 1990-09-27 Carl, Siegfried, 8998 Lindenberg, De
WO1993007646A1 (en) * 1991-10-08 1993-04-15 Unisearch Limited Improved optical design for photo-cell
DE9115759U1 (en) * 1991-12-19 1992-02-27 Wenzel, Joachim, Dipl.-Ing., 7000 Stuttgart, De
US20090255568A1 (en) * 2007-05-01 2009-10-15 Morgan Solar Inc. Solar panel window

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