# US 2014/0150852 A1 · Devices for optimizing individual solar modules/collector modules and composite collector module groups and stabilizing the operation thereof against environmental influences, especially wind and particles and objects carried along by the wind > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2014/0150852 A1 - Document ID: US20140150852A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 14/119,645 - Filed: 2012-05-25 - Published: 2014-06-05 - Earliest claimed: 2011-05-26 - Assignees: Machtwissen.De AG - Inventors: Carsten Holze - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140150852A1 ## CPC - H02S 40/00: Components or accessories in combination with PV modules, not provided for in groups H02S10/00 - H02S30/00 - F24S 40/85: {Arrangements for protecting solar collectors against adverse weather conditions (F24S40/10 takes precedence)} - Y02E 10/40: Solar thermal energy, e.g. solar towers - Y02E 10/50: Photovoltaic [PV] energy - H02S: GENERATION OF ELECTRIC POWER BY CONVERSION OF INFRARED RADIATION, VISIBLE LIGHT OR ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT, e.g. USING PHOTOVOLTAIC [PV] MODULES (obtaining electrical energy from radioactive sources G21H1/12; light sensitive inorganic semiconductor devices H10F; light sensitive organic semiconductor devices H10K30/00; thermoelectric devices H10N10/00; pyroelectric devices H10N15/00) - F24S: SOLAR HEAT COLLECTORS; SOLAR HEAT SYSTEMS (for producing mechanical power from solar energy F03G6/00) - Y02E: REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION ## Abstract Devices for optimizing occurring environmentally specific loads, i.e., forces and moments of reflecting and absorbing solar collectors and module groups composed thereof. The construction is a combination of the device according to the invention for optimizing individual solar collector modules and assembled groups of collector modules and corresponding modules themselves. The devices act in the entire operation area by influencing and optimizing the flow around the individual solar collector modules and assembled groups of collector modules and accordingly leads to lower static loads and dynamic loads and, therefore, to increased efficiencies. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A device for optimizing individual solar collector modules and assembled groups of collector modules against diverse environmental influences, comprising: one or more partial bodies, one or more mechanical flanging points and/or fastening points which are configured to be made available directly, or by means of auxiliary devices, by one or more mechanical supports, by an absorbing or reflecting collector module itself, or a solar collector; wherein the device is rigidly or flexibly mounted in an operation area of the solar collector at at least one flanging point and/or fastening point; and wherein the device is configured to move along or move in an operation area of the collector module in a uniform or non-uniform manner relative to the system's own movement, and to protect or stabilize the operation of the collector module in reaction to static or dynamic influence of a respective environmental conditions. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The device according to claim 1; wherein the device is constructed symmetrically with respect to the collector module or solar collector, and has a uniform geometry as well as a uniformly constituted extension in different spatial directions. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The device according to claim 1; wherein the device is configured to be mounted and moved in one or more additional axes. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The device according to claim 1; wherein the device is constructed in a segmented manner. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The device according to claim 1; wherein the device is constructed in an effective range of the solar collector so as to be statically variable in one or more axes or, through the uniform or non-uniform inherent movement or collector movement, dynamically variable in one or more axes. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The device according to claim 1; wherein material of the device is transparent, weather-resistant, and UV-stable. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The device according to claim 1; wherein the device is configured so that generated forces and/or moments of the device act in a direction of, or a direction opposite to, a direction of a causative environmental influence. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The device according to claim 1; wherein the device is rigidly mounted. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The device according to claim 1; wherein the device is configured to change its geometry and/or attitude under load. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The device according to claim 1; wherein the device is constructed of lightweight components and lightweight materials. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The device according to claim 1; wherein the device is connected with additional auxiliary devices. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The device according to claim 1; wherein the device is constructed inhomogeneously to vary the degree of blocking. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The device according to claim 1; wherein the device is constructed for receiving, securing, or receiving and securing solid, liquid, or gaseous materials. ### Claim 14 (depends on 14) The device according to claim 14; wherein the device is configured so that a fill level of the solid, liquid, or gaseous materials or a weight load of the solid materials to be secured can be adjusted individually according to an anticipated load in an operating angle area, or accordingly to corresponding reactive forces and moments to an environmental influence. ### Claim 15 (depends on 1) The device according to claim 1; wherein the device is configured to be removed in its entirety or partially, alone or in combination with components of the collector module, by active and/or passive control. ### Claim 16 (depends on 1) The device according to claim 1; wherein the device is configured to maintain, repair, clean, or measure the collector module through integration of additional auxiliary devices. ### Claim 17 (depends on 1) The device according to claim 1; wherein the device is be constructed asymmetrically with respect to the solar module or solar collector, and has a non-uniform geometry as well as a non-uniformly constituted extension in different spatial directions. ### Claim 18 (depends on 1) The device according to claim 1; wherein the device is flexibly mounted. ### Claim 19 (depends on 1) The device according to claim 1; wherein the device guides or supports additional devices and equipment which are not permanently located in the effective range of the collector module.