EP 2649719 A4 20180117 - CONCENTRATED PHOTOVOLTAIC AND THERMAL SOLAR ENERGY COLLECTOR
Title (en)
CONCENTRATED PHOTOVOLTAIC AND THERMAL SOLAR ENERGY COLLECTOR
Title (de)
KONZENTRIERTER FOTOVOLTAISCHER UND THERMISCHER SONNENENERGIEKOLLEKTOR
Title (fr)
CAPTEUR SOLAIRE PHOTOVOLTAÏQUE ET THERMIQUE CONCENTRÉ
Publication
Application
Priority
- US 96265010 A 20101207
- US 2010059348 W 20101208
Abstract (en)
[origin: WO2012078146A1] This invention relates to a solar energy collector that converts solar radiation into both electrical and thermal energy. More specifically this invention relates to a concentrating solar energy collector with an integrated construction that minimizes cost, bulk, and weight, and maximizes overall efficiency. Typical non-concentrating solar collectors use photovoltaic cells over the entirety of their surface. These solar cells are the most expensive part of the collector. This invention discloses using a reflector to concentrate the incident radiation on photovoltaic cells with one-twentieth the area of the reflector, and transferring the co-generated thermal energy into a working fluid pumped through the cell support structure.
IPC 8 full level
H02S 40/44 (2014.01)
CPC (source: EP)
F24S 10/45 (2018.04); F24S 20/20 (2018.04); F24S 23/74 (2018.04); F24S 30/45 (2018.04); H01L 31/0521 (2013.01); H01L 31/0547 (2014.12); H02S 20/30 (2014.12); H02S 40/44 (2014.12); Y02E 10/44 (2013.01); Y02E 10/47 (2013.01); Y02E 10/52 (2013.01); Y02E 10/547 (2013.01); Y02E 10/60 (2013.01); Y02P 80/15 (2015.11)
Citation (search report)
- [X] US 2010282315 A1 20101111 - GILBERT RAYMOND [CA]
- [X] WO 2005090873 A1 20050929 - MENOVA ENGINEERING INC [CA], et al
- [X] WO 2010047656 A1 20100429 - ABSOLICON SOLAR CONCENTRATOR A [SE], et al
- [X] US 4052782 A 19771011 - WEINSTEIN HAROLD, et al
- [X] US 2004055594 A1 20040325 - HOCHBERG ERIC B [US], et al
- [A] WO 2008048232 A2 20080424 - Q1 NANOSYSTEMS INC [US], et al
- [XA] AT 506839 A1 20091215 - BAUMGARTNER CHRISTIAN [AT]
- See references of WO 2012078146A1
Designated contracting state (EPC)
AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR
DOCDB simple family (publication)
WO 2012078146 A1 20120614; AU 2010365050 A1 20130620; AU 2010365050 A2 20130801; AU 2010365050 B2 20160505; BR 112013014051 A2 20160913; CA 2820527 A1 20120614; CA 2820527 C 20191231; CN 103460593 A 20131218; EP 2649719 A1 20131016; EP 2649719 A4 20180117
DOCDB simple family (application)
US 2010059348 W 20101208; AU 2010365050 A 20101208; BR 112013014051 A 20101208; CA 2820527 A 20101208; CN 201080071121 A 20101208; EP 10860411 A 20101208