Batteries: thermoelectric and photoelectric – Photoelectric – Panel or array
Patent
1997-03-05
2000-01-25
Diamond, Alan
Batteries: thermoelectric and photoelectric
Photoelectric
Panel or array
136259, 126600, 126601, 126605, 126573, 126574, 126576, 126634, 126639, 126678, 126679, 126698, 126701, 2502034, H01L 31052
Patent
active
060181222
ABSTRACT:
To provide a tracking-type solar module capable of high-performance sunlight-tracking with a simple configuration while simultaneously performing highly effective cooling of a solar cell, a solar cell is movably installed within a transparent cooling tube and is connected to a motor with a crank. A position detecting sensor is also installed inside the transparent cooling tube. Sunlight is refracted by a cooling medium filled inside the transparent cooling tube and is converged on the inner surface of the transparent cooling tube. The position detecting sensor detects the position at which sunlight is converged and the sunlight is tracked by the motor moving the solar cell to that position. Simultaneously, the cooling medium inside the transparent cooling tube directly cools the solar cell.
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Hibino Kouetsu
Nagashima Tomonori
Tange Kyoichi
Diamond Alan
Toyota Jidosha & Kabushiki Kaisha
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