Use of photovoltaics for waste heat recovery

Polcyn, Adam D

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Title: Use of photovoltaics for waste heat recovery

Abstract

A device for recovering waste heat in the form of radiated light, e.g. red visible light and/or infrared light includes a housing having a viewing window, and a photovoltaic cell mounted in the housing in a relationship to the viewing window, wherein rays of radiated light pass through the viewing window and impinge on surface of the photovoltaic cell. The housing and/or the cell are cooled so that the device can be used with a furnace for an industrial process, e.g. mounting the device with a view of the interior of the heating chamber of a glass making furnace. In this manner, the rays of the radiated light generated during the melting of glass batch materials in the heating chamber pass through the viewing window and impinge on the surface of the photovoltaic cells to generate electric current which is passed onto an electric load.

Inventors:: Polcyn, Adam D

Issue Date:: Tue Apr 16 00:00:00 EDT 2013

Research Org.:: PPG Industries Ohio, Inc., Cleveland, OH (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 1083448

Patent Number(s):: 8420928

Application Number:: 12/031,303

Assignee:: PPG Industries Ohio, Inc. (Cleveland, OH)

Patent Classifications (CPCs):: F - MECHANICAL ENGINEERING F27 - FURNACES F27D - DETAILS OR ACCESSORIES OF FURNACES, KILNS, OVENS, OR RETORTS, IN SO FAR AS THEY ARE OF KINDS OCCURRING IN MORE THAN ONE KIND OF FURNACE

H - ELECTRICITY H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS H01L - SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES

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F - MECHANICAL ENGINEERING F27 - FURNACES F27D - DETAILS OR ACCESSORIES OF FURNACES, KILNS, OVENS, OR RETORTS, IN SO FAR AS THEY ARE OF KINDS OCCURRING IN MORE THAN ONE KIND OF FURNACE
F27D17/00 - Arrangements for using waste heat

H - ELECTRICITY H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS H01L - SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES
H01L31/0521 - {using a gaseous or a liquid coolant, e.g. air flow ventilation, water circulation}

H - ELECTRICITY H02 - GENERATION H02S - GENERATION OF ELECTRIC POWER BY CONVERSION OF INFRA-RED RADIATION, VISIBLE LIGHT OR ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT, e.g. USING PHOTOVOLTAIC [PV] MODULES
H02S10/30 - Thermophotovoltaic systems

Y - NEW / CROSS SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES Y02 - TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE Y02E - REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION
Y02E10/50 - Photovoltaic [PV] energy

Y - NEW / CROSS SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES Y02 - TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE Y02P - CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES IN THE PRODUCTION OR PROCESSING OF GOODS
Y02P10/25 - by increasing the energy efficiency of the process
Y02P80/20 - Sector-wide applications using renewable energy

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DOE Contract Number:: FC36-04GO14044

Resource Type:: Patent

Resource Relation:: Patent File Date: 2008 Feb 14

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 14 SOLAR ENERGY

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  abstractNote = {A device for recovering waste heat in the form of radiated light, e.g. red visible light and/or infrared light includes a housing having a viewing window, and a photovoltaic cell mounted in the housing in a relationship to the viewing window, wherein rays of radiated light pass through the viewing window and impinge on surface of the photovoltaic cell. The housing and/or the cell are cooled so that the device can be used with a furnace for an industrial process, e.g. mounting the device with a view of the interior of the heating chamber of a glass making furnace. In this manner, the rays of the radiated light generated during the melting of glass batch materials in the heating chamber pass through the viewing window and impinge on the surface of the photovoltaic cells to generate electric current which is passed onto an electric load.},

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Low bandgap photovoltaic cell with inherent bypass diode patent, February 1995

Apparatus for dispensing and submersing batch materials in a molten glass furnace patent, September 1981

Glass melting enhancement by toroidal batch shaping patent, August 1981

Apparatus for collecting, distributing and utilizing solar radiation patent, October 1983

Method and apparatus for making molten glass with batch guiding means patent, March 1976

Method of improving glass melting by ablation enhancement patent, November 1981

Radiation Pyrometer Device patent, September 1936

Thermophotovoltaic system patent, June 1989

Antireflection coated refractory metal matched emitters for use in thermophotovoltaic generators patent, January 2001

Solar heat collector patent, September 1976

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Two regenerator-flue system for regenerative furnaces patent, March 1981

Method and apparatus for guiding glass batch in a glass melting furnace patent, March 1982

Low-cost, high density, staggered pin fin array patent, August 2001

Coarse grain polycrystalline gallium antimonide thermophotovoltaic cell patent, May 2000

In-furnace inspection machine utilizing a double-walled structure patent, January 1997

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Glassmaking furnace employing heat pipes for preheating glass batch patent, August 1977

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Low bandgap photovoltaic cell with inherent bypass diode
patent, February 1995

Apparatus for dispensing and submersing batch materials in a molten glass furnace
patent, September 1981

Glass melting enhancement by toroidal batch shaping
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Apparatus for collecting, distributing and utilizing solar radiation
patent, October 1983

Method and apparatus for making molten glass with batch guiding means
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Method of improving glass melting by ablation enhancement
patent, November 1981

Radiation Pyrometer Device
patent, September 1936

Thermophotovoltaic system
patent, June 1989

Antireflection coated refractory metal matched emitters for use in thermophotovoltaic generators
patent, January 2001

Solar heat collector
patent, September 1976

High efficiency lighting system
patent, August 2005

Two regenerator-flue system for regenerative furnaces
patent, March 1981

Method and apparatus for guiding glass batch in a glass melting furnace
patent, March 1982

Low-cost, high density, staggered pin fin array
patent, August 2001

Coarse grain polycrystalline gallium antimonide thermophotovoltaic cell
patent, May 2000

In-furnace inspection machine utilizing a double-walled structure
patent, January 1997

Pyrometer multimeter
patent, August 2000

Linear circuit designs for solar photovoltaic concentrator and thermophotovoltaic applications using cell and substrate materials with matched coefficients of thermal expansion
patent, May 2001

Heater
patent, September 1976

Glassmaking furnace employing heat pipes for preheating glass batch
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TPV cylindrical generator for home cogeneration
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III-V solar cells and doping processes
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