Combined solar collector and photovoltaic cells

Details Combined solar collector and photovoltaic cells Combined solar collector and photovoltaic cells

1998-03-13

1999-08-10

Diamond, Alan

Batteries: thermoelectric and photoelectric

Photoelectric

Panel or array

136244, 136259, 126621, 126623, 126632, 126633, 126670, 126675, 126622, 126629, 521733, H01L 31052

Patent

active

059353430

ABSTRACT:
There is provided the combination of a corrugated solar collector panel and a building surface to which it is attached, in spaced relationship. At least some of the panel corrugations are flat and located such that they face in the general direction of the sun during at least a portion of the daylight hours. Generally uniformly distributed apertures are provided in the panel, and specifically at flat areas in the corrugations. The combination further includes photovoltaic cells mounted to the corrugations at flat portions thereof containing the apertures, with the cells being supported substantially parallel with and adjacent to but spaced apart from the flat surfaces, thus leaving air passages between the photovoltaic cells and the solar collector, whereby air can enter and leave the enclosed space by flowing through the air passages and along the undersides of the photovoltaic cells, thus removing excess heat build-up from the voltaic cells. In a variant, the photovoltaic cells are incorporated into individual panels adapted to span several corrugations.

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