Photovoltaic modules for solar concentrator
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorMark Marshall Meyers
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Abstract
An energy conversion system comprises a solar cell adapted to receive solar energy and convert the solar energy into electrical energy. The energy conversion system also comprises a solar concentrator adapted to receive solar energy and direct the solar energy to the solar cell. The solar concentrator has a lens that comprises at least one line focus section comprising an off-axis configuration, at least one spherical section adjacent to the at least one line focus section, the at least one spherical section comprising an off-axis configuration, and an unpatterned section adjacent to the at least one line focus section and the at least one spherical section.
Claims31
An energy conversion system, comprising:
- a solar cell configured to receive solar energy and convert the solar energy into electrical energy;
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- a solar concentrator configured to receive solar energy and direct the solar energy to the solar cell, the solar concentrator comprising a lens that comprises:
- at least one line focus section comprising an off-axis configuration;
- at least one spherical section adjacent to the at least one line focus section, the at least one spherical section comprising an off-axis configuration;
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- an unpatterned section adjacent to the at least one line focus section and the at least one spherical section.
An array of solar collecting devices, each of the solar collecting devices comprising:
- a solar cell configured to receive solar energy and convert the solar energy into electrical energy;
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- a solar concentrator configured to receive solar energy and direct the solar energy to the solar cell, the solar concentrators comprising a lens that comprises:
- at least one line focus section comprising an off-axis configuration;
- at least one spherical section adjacent to the at least one line focus section, the at least one spherical section comprising an off-axis configuration;
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- an unpatterned section adjacent to the at least one line focus section and the at least one spherical section.
A solar concentrator configured to receive solar energy and direct the solar energy to the solar cell, the solar concentrator comprising:
- a lens configured to direct solar energy comprising:
- at least one line focus section comprising an off-axis configuration;
- at least one spherical section adjacent to the at least one line focus section, the at least one spherical section comprising an off-axis configuration;
- and
- an unpatterned section adjacent to the at least one line focus section and the at least one spherical section.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.