GB2392556A - Insolation receiving electricity generator - Google Patents

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GB2392556A
GB2392556A GB0220380A GB0220380A GB2392556A GB 2392556 A GB2392556 A GB 2392556A GB 0220380 A GB0220380 A GB 0220380A GB 0220380 A GB0220380 A GB 0220380A GB 2392556 A GB2392556 A GB 2392556A
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    • 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
    • H02S40/00—Components or accessories in combination with PV modules, not provided for in groups H02S10/00 - H02S30/00
    • H02S40/40—Thermal components
    • H02S40/44—Means to utilise heat energy, e.g. hybrid systems producing warm water and electricity at the same time
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F24—HEATING; RANGES; VENTILATING
    • F24S—SOLAR HEAT COLLECTORS; SOLAR HEAT SYSTEMS
    • F24S23/00—Arrangements for concentrating solar-rays for solar heat collectors
    • F24S23/70—Arrangements for concentrating solar-rays for solar heat collectors with reflectors
    • F24S23/79—Arrangements for concentrating solar-rays for solar heat collectors with reflectors with spaced and opposed interacting reflective surfaces
    • 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
    • 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
    • Y02E10/40—Solar thermal energy, e.g. solar towers
    • 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
    • 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
    • Y02E10/60—Thermal-PV hybrids

Abstract

A double-irradiated near-infrared photon and photovoltaic-energy relay (DIPPER) system has a body 1, a UV-light proof cover 2, a primary mirror system 3 to reflect and concentrate UVlight free insolation, a secondary mirror system 5 with a support system 4 to transmit photovoltaic and to reflect and concentrate near-infrared components of insolation, a single-crystal and amorphous silicon layered unit 6 with a support system 13 to convert photovoltaic insolation to electricity directly, a heat-pipe input section to receive heat, a heat-pipe 8 to transfer near-infrared energy via a heat-output section 9, a heat-engine generator-set 10 to receive and convert heat energy to electricity indirectly, extensible mirrors 11 to capture more insolation, a primary mirror support system 14, a sun-tracking optics system 15 to receive insolation, a fibre-optics cable and hollow support system 16 to transfer tracking data to the controls and a control system 12 to control the unit safely.

Description

The double-irradiated near-infrared photon and photovoltaic energy relay-
system This invention relates to an electricity-generating insolation-
receiver. Electricity generation by photovoltaic-solar cells and by using near-infrared photons from insolation to generate electricity via a heatengine generator-set is well known. These systems either use insolation to generate electricity directly or generate electricity indirectly by converting solar energy into heat. The use of insolation to generate electricity with photovoltaic cells and generate hot water with solar panels in a single unit is also well known. The use of photovoltaic cells with concentrated insolation on monocrystalline silicon can achieve high efficiency but ignores the capability of amorphous silicon to absorb photovoltaic energy from insolation unused by the monocrystalline silicon and ignores the potential of the near-infrared part of insolation to generate useful electricity. The use of concentrated insolation to convert near-
infrared energy into useful heat in order to energise a heat engine can achieve high efficiency but ignores the potential of photovoltaic energy to achieve up to 0.6 efficiency using both amorphous and single-crystal silicon as wells as near-infrared energy.
According to the present invention there is a system that uses concentrated insolation from the entire solar spectrum to generate electricity directly from silicon photovoltaic cells and indirectly from a heat-engine generator-set using the near-infrared part of the Sun's spectrum.
A specific embodiment of a double-irradiated near-infrared photon and photovoltaic-energy relay (DIPPER) system that generates electricity by concentrating insolation onto amorphous-
and monocrystalline-silicon and by transferring near-infrared energy into a heat pipe and then a heat-engine generator-set, will now be described by way of example with reference to the accompanying drawing in which: Figure 1 shows a cross-section of the device.
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Referring to the diagram the double-irradiated near-infrared photon and photovoltaic-energy relay system has a body 1 with a top and side cover unit 2 to prevent UV-light from passing into the primary mirror system 3, a dichroic-secondary mirror support 4, a dichroic-secondary mirror 5 to pass photovoltaic photons to the amorphous- and monocrystalline-silicon layered-unit 6 and also to reflect near-infrared photons onto the heatpipe heat-input section 7. A heat pipe 8 supported by the primary-mirror system 3 transfers heat from the heat-input section 7 of the heat pipe 8 to the heat-output section 9 and into a heat-engine generator-set 10.
The body 1 also comprises an extensible-mirror system 11 to enable increased capture of insolation, a control unit 12 to control the unit, a wiring-support system 13 for the amorphous- and monocrystalline-silicon layered unit 6 to allow the photovoltaic current to reach the control box 12 through the hollow-mirror support system 14, an optical sun-tracking unit 15 to allow the mirror to track the Sun and a fibre-optics-cable mechanical-support system 16 to pass the insolation received by the optical sun-
tracking unit 15 to the control unit 12.
Arrows 17 indicate the incoming insolation pathway. Arrows 18 indicate the pathway of the incoming insolation after having passed through the UVlight proof material. Arrows 19 indicate the pathway of the photovoltaic photons reflected by the primary-mirror system 3 that pass by the dichroic-secondary mirror support 4 through the dichroic-secondary mirror 5 and onto the amorphous and monocrystalline silicon layered-unit 6. Arrows 20 indicate the pathway of the near-infrared photons reflected by the primary-
mirror system 3 that pass by the dichroic-secondary mirror support 4 and are reflected by the dichroic-secondary mirror 5 onto the heat-pipe heatinput section 7.
In order to protect the silicon cells from UV-light damage the unit has a body 1 with sides and a cover 2 that prevent UV-light photons from entering the body 1. In order to concentrate the remaining insolation onto the silicon cells the unit 1 has a composite primary mirror section 3 that reflects and directs the received energy towards the silicon cells. In order to support the secondary dichroic mirror the unit 1 has supports 4 for the secondary dichroic mirror.
In order for the unit 1 to separate insolation into near-infrared and photovoltaic energy components it has a dichroic mirror 5.
In order for the unit 1 to convert insolation into photovoltaic electricity it has amorphous and monocrystalline silicon cells 6. In order for the silicon cells 6 to be supported and transmit electricity to the controls it has a hollow support section 13 and 14. In order for the electrical current to be controlled safely the unit 1 has a control section 12.
In order for the unit 1 to convert the near-infrared insolation component reflected by the dichroic mirror 5 into useful energy the unit 1 has a heat pipe 8 with a heat-pipe input-section 7. In order for the heat pipe 8 to transmit the energy received from the heat-
pipe input-section 7 to a heat engine it has a heat-pipe output-
section 9.
In order for the energy in the heat-pipe output-section 9 to convert useful energy from the near-infrared part of the insolation into useful electricity it is connected to a heat-engine generator-set 10. In order for the unit 1 to be able to receive more insolation it has extensible mirror sections 11 which increase the overall area of the primary mirror 3.
In order for the unit 1 to be able to track the Sun during the day it has an optics system 15 that receives insolation. In order for the optics system 15 to be supported and transmit insolation energy to the suntracking controls it has a hollow-support system 16 which allows a fibreoptics cable to be inserted inside the support system 16. In order for the unit 1 to control sun tracking using the data received via the hollowsupport system 16 from the optics system 15 it has a control section 12.

Claims (10)

1 A double-irradiated near-infrared photon and photovoltaic energy relay system comprising a body, a top and side cover, a composite primary mirror section, a secondary mirror support-system, a secondary dichroic mirror, a single crystal and amorphous silicon layered unit, a heat pipe input section, a heat-pipe output-section, a heat-engine generator set, extensible mirrors, a primary-mirror support section, a fibre-optics sun/racking-system, a structural support system and a control system.
2 A double-irradiated near-infrared photon and photovoltaic energy relay system as in Claim 1 comprising a body with
structural support and a top and side cover composed of UV light proof material.
3 A double-irradiated near-infrared photon and photovoltaic energy relay system as in Claim 1 and Claim 2 wherein a composite primary mirror receives and reflects UV-light free insolation to concentrate solar energy to make it useful energy.
4 A double-irradiated near-infrared photon and photovoltaic energy relay system as in Claim 1, Claim 2 and Claim 3 wherein a dichroic mirror system receives, reflects and concentrates near-infrared energy and transmits photovoltaic energy from insolation.
5 A double-irradiated near-infrared photon and photovoltaic energy relay system as in Claim 1 and Claim 4 wherein a single-crystal and amorphoussilicon layered-unit receives concentrated photovoltaic energy passing through a dichroic mirror to generate useful electricity directly.
6 A double-irradiated near-infrared photon and photovoltaic energy relay system as in Claim 1 and Claim 4 wherein a heat-pipe input-section receives concentrated near-infrared photon energy and transfers it through the heat pipe to the heat-pipe output-section.
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7 A double-irradiated near-infrared photon and photovoltaic energy relay system as in Claim 1, Claim 4' Claim 5 and Claim 6 wherein a heat-engine generator-set receives useful energy from a heat pipe and converts it into useful electricity indirectly.
8 A double-irradiated near-infrared photon and photovoltaic energy relay system as in Claim 1 and claim 3 wherein an extensible mirror system is located to increase the insolation received in addition to that from the composite primary mirror.
9 A double-irradiated near-infrared photon and photovoltaic energy relay system as in Claim 1 wherein a suntracking system is located to follow to enable the unit to track the Sun as the Earth rotates to provide efficient operation all day long.
10 A double-irradiated near-infrared photon and photovoltaic energy relay system as in Claim 1 wherein a control system is located to allow safe control of the unit by an operator.
A double-irradiated near-infrared photon and photovoltaic energy relay system as in any of the preceding Claims substantially described herein with reference to Figure 1 of the accompanying drawing.
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