Solar photovoltaic reflective trough collection structure
Abstract
A photovoltaic (PV) solar concentration structure having at least two troughs encapsulated in a rectangular parallelepiped optical plastic structure, with the troughs filled with an optical plastic material, the troughs each having a reflective internal surface and approximately parabolic geometry, and the troughs each including photovoltaic cells situated so that light impinging on the optical plastic material will be concentrated onto the photovoltaic cells. Multiple structures can be connected to provide a solar photovoltaic collection system that provides portable, efficient, low-cost electrical power.
- Inventors:
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1226232
- Patent Number(s):
- 9190546
- Application Number:
- 12/894,772
- Assignee:
- Sandia Corporation
- Patent Classifications (CPCs):
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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
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
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC04-94AL85000
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Resource Relation:
- Patent File Date: 2010 Sep 30
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 14 SOLAR ENERGY
Citation Formats
Anderson, Benjamin J., Sweatt, William C., Okandan, Murat, and Nielson, Gregory N. Solar photovoltaic reflective trough collection structure. United States: N. p., 2015.
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Anderson, Benjamin J., Sweatt, William C., Okandan, Murat, & Nielson, Gregory N. Solar photovoltaic reflective trough collection structure. United States.
Anderson, Benjamin J., Sweatt, William C., Okandan, Murat, and Nielson, Gregory N. Thu .
"Solar photovoltaic reflective trough collection structure". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1226232.
@article{osti_1226232,
title = {Solar photovoltaic reflective trough collection structure},
author = {Anderson, Benjamin J. and Sweatt, William C. and Okandan, Murat and Nielson, Gregory N.},
abstractNote = {A photovoltaic (PV) solar concentration structure having at least two troughs encapsulated in a rectangular parallelepiped optical plastic structure, with the troughs filled with an optical plastic material, the troughs each having a reflective internal surface and approximately parabolic geometry, and the troughs each including photovoltaic cells situated so that light impinging on the optical plastic material will be concentrated onto the photovoltaic cells. Multiple structures can be connected to provide a solar photovoltaic collection system that provides portable, efficient, low-cost electrical power.},
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place = {United States},
year = {2015},
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