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US 12,455,054 B2Granted
Solar simulator apparatus
AssigneeEcoprogetti S.R.L.
InventorsDomenico Sartore, Eugenio Gonzato, Federico Quartiani, Fabio Nichele
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Abstract
A solar simulator apparatus to perform a test on at least one object including a containing structure having an internal operating space in which there is defined an irradiation chamber equipped with a lighting unit; a rest plane associated with said containing structure and configured to support said object, said rest plane being able to be selectively positioned facing said lighting unit.
Claims8
A solar simulator apparatus, to perform a test on at least one object, such as a photovoltaic panel, cell or string, said apparatus comprising:
- a containing structure having an operating space defining an irradiation chamber equipped with an LED lighting unit;
- a rest plane for said object, associated with said containing structure, said rest plane being able to be selectively positioned facing said lighting unit;
- a first liquid cooling unit to thermally control said lighting unit, wherein said first liquid cooling unit is provided with both a heat extraction device associated with said lighting unit, and also with a connected cooling device outside said containing structure;
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- a second air cooling unit dedicated to cooling said object and provided with a central collector equipped with diffuser elements, with a suction device associated at the lower part with said central collector, said central collector and suction device being disposed in a lower zone of said operating space, and also with an air feeding circuit connected to said central collector and to an air conditioning device outside said containing structure,
- wherein said lighting unit is formed by a flat matrix of LED boards, and by corresponding control boards disposed aligned at a certain distance from the respective LED boards, said heat extraction device being interposed between said LED boards and said control boards, and
- wherein said heat extraction device comprises a plurality of cooling plates provided with channels to convey a cooling fluid, each of said cooling plates being parallel and independent from the others and associated with a respective row of LED boards and control boards, forming a repetitive modular structure with them.
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A solar simulator apparatus, to perform a test on at least one object, such as a photovoltaic panel, cell or string, said apparatus comprising:
- a containing structure having an operating space defining an irradiation chamber equipped with an LED lighting unit;
- a rest plane for said object, associated with said containing structure, said rest plane being able to be selectively positioned facing said lighting unit;
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- a first liquid cooling unit to thermally control said lighting unit, wherein said first liquid cooling unit is provided with both a heat extraction device associated with said lighting unit, and also with a connected cooling device outside said containing structure,
- wherein said lighting unit is formed by a flat matrix of LED boards, and by corresponding control boards disposed aligned at a certain distance from the respective LED boards, said heat extraction device being interposed between said LED boards and said control boards,
- wherein said heat extraction device comprises a plurality of cooling plates provided with channels to convey a cooling fluid, each of said cooling plates being parallel and independent from the others and associated with a respective row of LED boards and control boards, forming a repetitive modular structure with them, and
- wherein said rest plane is formed by a frame having a plurality of sustaining bars on each of which there are mounted, able to be selectively positioned along a length of said sustaining bars, one or more support elements.
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A solar simulator apparatus, to perform a test on at least one object, such as a photovoltaic panel, cell or string, said apparatus comprising:
- a containing structure having an operating space defining an irradiation chamber equipped with an LED lighting unit;
- a rest plane for said object, associated with said containing structure, said rest plane being able to be selectively positioned facing said lighting unit;
- a first liquid cooling unit to thermally control said lighting unit, wherein said first liquid cooling unit is provided with both a heat extraction device associated with said lighting unit, and also with a connected cooling device outside said containing structure;
- and
- a second air cooling unit dedicated to cooling said object and provided with a central collector equipped with diffuser elements, with a suction device associated at the lower part with said central collector, said central collector and suction device being disposed in a lower zone of said operating space, and also with an air feeding circuit connected to said central collector and to an air conditioning device outside said containing structure,
- wherein said lighting unit is formed by a flat matrix of LED boards, and by corresponding control boards disposed aligned at a certain distance from the respective LED boards, said heat extraction device being interposed between said LED boards and said control boards,
- wherein said heat extraction device comprises a plurality of cooling plates provided with channels to convey a cooling fluid, each of said cooling plates being parallel and independent from the others and associated with a respective row of LED boards and control boards, forming a repetitive modular structure with them, and
- wherein said rest plane is formed by a frame having a plurality of sustaining bars on each of which there are mounted, able to be selectively positioned along a length of said sustaining bars, one or more support elements.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.