US 2023/0412124 A1 · POWER RECEIVING SYSTEM

Abstract

Provided is a power receiving system having an increased energy conversion efficiency. The power receiving system according to the present disclosure includes a power converter that receives electromagnetic waves transmitted from space and converts the electromagnetic waves into electric power; a thermal energy converter that is disposed adjacent to the power converter and converts thermal energy generated in the power converter; and a controller that controls operation of the thermal energy converter based on an energy intensity distribution of the electromagnetic waves.

Claims8

Dependent claims

A power receiving system comprising:

a power converter that receives electromagnetic waves transmitted from space and converts the electromagnetic waves into electric power;
a thermal energy converter that is disposed adjacent to the power converter and converts thermal energy generated in the power converter;
and
a controller that controls operation of the thermal energy converter based on an energy intensity distribution of the electromagnetic waves.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

18/112,752Filed 22 Feb 2023

Priority

JP 2022-09856320 Jun 2022

Published

21 Dec 2023

Term ends

Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification6 codes

H02S 40/44
Thermal components: means to utilise heat energy, e.g. hybrid systems producing warm water and electricity at the same time
H10N 10/13
Operating with only the Peltier or Seebeck effects: characterised by the heat-exchanging means at the junction
H02S 20/30
Supporting structures for PV modules: supporting structures being movable or adjustable, e.g. for angle adjustment
H10N 10/00
Thermoelectric devices comprising a junction of dissimilar materials, i.e. devices exhibiting seebeck

Power receiving system

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Power receiving system

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Abstract

Claims8