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US 2012/0266941 A1Published application
Solar power generation apparatus
AssigneeEikou Co., Ltd
InventorsSyu-u OZEKI, Yuji HAMACHI
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Abstract
A solar power generation apparatus includes a solar cell panel body formed in a tube shape, and a reflection plate installed such that reflected light is incident to the solar cell panel body, wherein the solar cell panel body can be rotated around a shaft center of the tube shape.
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A solar power generation apparatus comprising:
- a solar cell panel body that includes a plurality of solar cell panels disposed in a tube shape;
- a reflection plate that is disposed such that reflected light is incident to the solar cell panels;
- a strut around which the solar cell panel body is installed so as to be rotated;
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- a base on which the strut is erected,
- wherein the solar cell panel body can be rotated around an axis of the tube shape.
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A solar power generation apparatus comprising:
- a solar cell panel body that includes a plurality of solar cell panels disposed in an approximately tube shape, in a polyhedral shell shape, in an approximately spherical shell shape, or in an approximately spheroidal shell shape;
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- a reflection plate that includes an inner surface with a groove-shaped or hollow-shaped curved surface as a reflection surface and is installed such that reflected light is incident to the solar cell panels,
- wherein the solar cell panel body is disposed such that 80% or more of light receiving surfaces of the solar cell panel body are located inside a groove formed by the groove-shaped curved surface or inside a hollow formed by the hollow-shaped curved surface.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.