Batteries: thermoelectric and photoelectric – Photoelectric – Panel or array
Patent
1981-12-03
1984-06-12
Weisstuch, Aaron
Batteries: thermoelectric and photoelectric
Photoelectric
Panel or array
126438, H01L 3104
Patent
active
044543719
ABSTRACT:
A solar energy concentrator system having a plurality of concentrator arrays with each of the arrays being made up of a plurality of adjacent longitudinally extending concentrator modules. Each of the concentrator modules has a semi-cylindrically-shaped housing and a semi-cylindrically-shaped cover in order to form an overall cylindrically-shaped structure which provides protection from adverse environmental conditions and withstands high wind loads. Situated within the cover and connected to the housing is a parabolically-shaped concentrator. The concentrator is made up of a plurality of parallelogram-shaped reflector panels mounted adjacent one another on a bias. This arrangement permits the ends of the panels to overlap adjacent modules so as to provide a substantially continuous reflector surface. The reflector surface redirects solar energy onto a plurality of solar cells located within the cover and as a result of the physical makeup of the concentrator components substantially eliminates the problem of cell shadowing.
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Erlich Jacob N.
Singer Donald J.
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of
Weisstuch Aaron
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