WO2017027615A1 - Réseaux de génération d'énergie compactables - Google Patents

Réseaux de génération d'énergie compactables Download PDF

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WO2017027615A1
WO2017027615A1 PCT/US2016/046389 US2016046389W WO2017027615A1 WO 2017027615 A1 WO2017027615 A1 WO 2017027615A1 US 2016046389 W US2016046389 W US 2016046389W WO 2017027615 A1 WO2017027615 A1 WO 2017027615A1
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Harry A. Atwater
Sergio Pellegrino
Seyed Ali Hajimiri
Emily C. Warmann
Dennis Callahan
Jeffrey P. BOSCO
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California Institute Of Technology
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    • G—PHYSICS
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    • G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
    • G02B19/00—Condensers, e.g. light collectors or similar non-imaging optics
    • G02B19/0004—Condensers, e.g. light collectors or similar non-imaging optics characterised by the optical means employed
    • G02B19/0019—Condensers, e.g. light collectors or similar non-imaging optics characterised by the optical means employed having reflective surfaces only (e.g. louvre systems, systems with multiple planar reflectors)
    • G02B19/0023—Condensers, e.g. light collectors or similar non-imaging optics characterised by the optical means employed having reflective surfaces only (e.g. louvre systems, systems with multiple planar reflectors) at least one surface having optical power
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G02—OPTICS
    • G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
    • G02B19/00—Condensers, e.g. light collectors or similar non-imaging optics
    • G02B19/0033—Condensers, e.g. light collectors or similar non-imaging optics characterised by the use
    • G02B19/0038—Condensers, e.g. light collectors or similar non-imaging optics characterised by the use for use with ambient light
    • G02B19/0042—Condensers, e.g. light collectors or similar non-imaging optics characterised by the use for use with ambient light for use with direct solar radiation
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G02—OPTICS
    • G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
    • G02B5/00—Optical elements other than lenses
    • G02B5/08—Mirrors
    • G02B5/10—Mirrors with curved faces
    • 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
    • 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
    • H02S20/10—Supporting structures directly fixed to the ground
    • 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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  • each of the at least two solar concentrators comprising a curved body having a front reflector surface and a back surface, and a first edge pivotably connected to said structural substrate body through at least one resilient connector and a second edge disposed opposite said first edge;
  • the at least two solar concentrators are deployable between a compacted configuration wherein the first and second edges and the curved body of each of the at least two solar concentrators are positioned parallel to the plane of the at least one structural substrate body and a deployed configuration wherein the second edge and curved body of each of the at least two solar concentrators are positioned out of plane from the plane of the at least one structural substrate body;
  • the power generation array further includes at least one photovoltaic cell further comprising double sided cover glass layers.
  • the power generation array includes at least two solar concentrators further comprising a carbon fiber matrix.
  • the power generation array includes at least one layer of dielectric material disposed upon each of the at least two solar concentrators.
  • the power generation array further includes at least two solar concentrators further including a plurality of layers having at least a radiative layer, a structural film layer disposed upon the radiative layer, a heat dissipation layer disposed upon the structural film layer, and a reflective layer disposed upon the heat dissipation layer.
  • the power generation array further includes a flexibly rigid compactable pre-stressed structural support layer.
  • the power generation array includes a structural support layer comprising a carbon fiber matrix support system.
  • the power generation array includes a structural support layer comprising at least three carbon fiber layers.
  • the power generation array includes at least one structural substrate body comprising a carbon fiber matrix.
  • the power generation array includes at least one power transmitter electromechanically connected to the at least one photovoltaic cell.
  • the compactable power generation array includes: a first structural substrate body;
  • connection member compactably connected to the first and second substrate bodies through at least one first resilient connector wherein the first and second structural substrate bodies are deployable between a compacted configuration wherein the first structural substrate body is positioned parallel to the plane of and directly a top of the second structural substrate body and a deployed configuration wherein the first structural substrate body is separated from the second structural substrate body by a space determined by the configuration of the connection member; wherein the resilient connector is placed under stress through a holding force when the first and second structural substrate bodies are disposed in the compacted configuration such that the first structural substrate body self-articulates to a deployed configuration upon the removal of the holding force;
  • each of the at least two solar concentrators comprising a curved body having a front reflector surface and a back surface, and a first edge pivotably connected to the first structural substrate body through at least one second resilient connector and a second edge disposed opposite said first edge;
  • At least one photovoltaic cell disposed on at least a portion of the back surface of each of the solar concentrators
  • the at least two solar concentrators are deployable between a compacted configuration wherein the first and second edges and the curved body of each of the at least two solar concentrators are positioned parallel to the plane of the first and second structural substrate bodies and a deployed configuration wherein the second edge and curved body of each of the at least two solar concentrators are positioned out of plane from the plane of the first structural substrate body;
  • the power generation array includes a first and a second structural substrate body further comprising a carbon fiber matrix.
  • the power generation array includes at least one connection member further comprising a carbon fiber matrix.
  • the power generation array further includes solar concentrators configured to maintain a parabolic shape upon self-deployment.
  • the power generation array includes at least one photovoltaic cell disposed near the second edge of the at least two solar concentrators.
  • the power generation array includes at least one photovoltaic cell disposed upon a middle portion of the at least two solar concentrators.
  • the power generation array further includes at least one photovoltaic cell comprising double sided cover glass layers.
  • the power generation array further includes a carbon fiber matrix comprising at least three carbon fiber layers.
  • the power generation array includes at least one layer of dielectric material disposed upon each of the at least two solar concentrators.
  • the power generation array includes at least two solar concentrators further comprising a plurality of layers having at least a radiative layer, a structural film layer disposed upon the radiative layer, a heat dissipation layer disposed upon the structural film layer, and a reflective layer disposed upon the heat dissipation layer.
  • the power generation array further includes at least one power transmitter electromechanically connected to the at least one photovoltaic cell.
  • the at least one power transmitter is disposed on the second structural substrate body.
  • Figure 7 provides a data graph of the optical efficiency of a power generation array as a function of incidence angle in relation to the position of the PV cell in accordance with some embodiments.
  • FIG. 1 B illustrates a generalized understanding of the operation of embodiments of the staggered-type configuration.
  • solar radiation 107 is redirected by a respective concentrator 103 onto a photovoltaic cell 104 that is disposed on the back surface of an adjacent concentrator.
  • the concentrators 103 can be curved so as to focus the solar radiation 107 onto the targeted photovoltaic cell 104.
  • embodiments of the invention are not constrained to the precise manifestation of these operating principles. Rather, the understood generalized operating principles are discussed here to facilitate the understanding of the discussed structure.

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Abstract

L'invention concerne des réseaux de génération d'énergie compactables. Les réseaux de génération d'énergie compactable peuvent comprendre un corps de substrat structurel ayant un réseau de concentrateurs solaires configurés de manière à recevoir et rediriger le rayonnement solaire sur une pluralité de cellules photovoltaïques (PV). Dans plusieurs autres modes de réalisation, les cellules PV peuvent être disposées sur une surface arrière de chacun des concentrateurs solaires de sorte qu'un concentrateur solaire adjacent est configuré de manière à rediriger un rayonnement solaire sur la cellule PV disposée sur la surface arrière du concentrateur solaire adjacent.
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