Photovoltaic thermal hybrid solar receivers
AssigneesEgypt Nanotechnology Center, International Business Machines Corporation
InventorsWerner Escher, Bruno Michel, Stephan Paredes, Rami Ghannam
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Abstract
A photovoltaic thermal hybrid solar receiver includes a thermal collector, extending in a first plane and comprising an aperture; and a photovoltaic module, configured for electrical output power delivery, comprising a photo-active area that extends in a second plane at a distance from the first plane, the photo-active area being vis-à-vis the aperture, a projection of the aperture perpendicularly to the second plane corresponding to the photo-active area.
Claims15
A photovoltaic thermal hybrid solar receiver, comprising:
- a thermal collector, extending in a first plane and comprising an aperture;
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- a photovoltaic module, configured for electrical output power delivery, comprising a photo-active area that extends in a second plane at a distance from the first plane, the photo-active area being vis-à-vis the aperture, a projection of the aperture perpendicularly to the second plane corresponding to the photo-active area.
An apparatus comprising:
- a photovoltaic thermal hybrid solar receiver, the photovoltaic thermal hybrid solar receiver comprising a thermal collector, extending in a first plane and comprising an aperture, and a photovoltaic module, configured for electrical output power delivery, comprising a photo-active area that extends in a second plane at a distance from the first plane, the photo-active area being vis-à-vis the aperture, a projection of the aperture perpendicularly to the second plane corresponding to the photo-active area;
- a concentrator, arranged to concentrate radiation towards an optical focus;
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- a positioning mechanism, wherein the receiver and/or the concentrator are movably mounted in the apparatus via the positioning mechanism, and wherein the positioning mechanism allows for changing a ratio of an intensity of radiation received at the photovoltaic module to an intensity of radiation received at the thermal collector.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.