Photovoltaic systems with intermittent and continuous recycling of light
AssigneePerumala Corporation
InventorMadhavan Pisharodi
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Abstract
The one or more embodiments of the present invention propose a novel photovoltaic system. The system can include a housing and at least one layer of photovoltaic panels inside the housing. Photovoltaic cells can be arranged on the panel. Light is reflected in many ways and recycled within the housing either continuously or intermittently. This can reduce the loss of light energy back into the atmosphere due to reflections from the panel and can also improve the working efficiency of the photovoltaic cells by creating multiple passes for the light either continuously or intermittently.
Claims20
A method for optimizing harvesting of solar energy comprising:
- providing a photovoltaic system for receiving the solar energy, the photovoltaic system comprising:
- a housing;
- and
- a plurality of panels;
- arranging the panels in at least an upper and a lower panel layer, wherein the upper panel layer comprises at least a first, a second, and a third panel without any intervening panels between the first and the second panel, and wherein the first and the second panels of the upper panel layer are separated from each other by a predetermined gap and the lower panel layer comprises a third panel;
- interconnecting between the first and second panels and between the second and third panels of the first panel layer with a plurality of transparent bridge plates, wherein the bridge plates comprise glass plates or polycarbonate plates;
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- positioning the third panel of the lower panel layer substantially beneath the predetermined gap and completely between the first and second panels of the upper panel layer to allow incident light to reach the lower panel layer for facilitating recycling of the light in the housing, wherein the light is intermittently or continuously recycled.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.