Shadowing timer for a photovoltaic solar cell array and photovol

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1997-07-01

2000-02-29

Diamond, Alan

Batteries: thermoelectric and photoelectric

Photoelectric

Panel or array

136243, 136246, 136251, 136259, 126600, 126602, 126569, 126683, 126684, 126698, 126701, 126702, 2502034, 250205, H01L 31042

Patent

active

060311770

ABSTRACT:
A photovoltaic power source includes a shadowing timer comprising at least one shadowing member (i.e. vane element) secured proximal to an array of photovoltaic solar cells electrically connected in series. The shadowing members are arranged such that they shadow individual solar cells or rows of cells as the sun moves through diurnal and annual cycles. The shadows cast by two or more vanes can modulate the array output power on two independent time scales: time of day and time of year. Because the individual solar cells are connected in series, a small shadow significantly reduces the array output power, thus enabling fine-scale temporal control.

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patent: 4556788 (1985-12-01), Hanak
patent: 4771763 (1988-09-01), Wetzel, Jr.

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