SOLAR CONCENTRATOR APPARATUS AND SOLAR COLLECTOR ARRAY

A solar concentrator apparatus including at least one refracting component comprising a plurality of refracting elements; a receiving layer including at least one solar energy collector and being adjacent and optically connected to the refracting component; at least one reflecting component adjacent...

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Hauptverfasser:	BARNES, Brett, MORGAN, John Paul, CAELERS, Stephen
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS ELECTRIC SOLID STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR ELECTRICITY OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS, OR APPARATUS OPTICS PHYSICS SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES
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Zusammenfassung:	A solar concentrator apparatus including at least one refracting component comprising a plurality of refracting elements; a receiving layer including at least one solar energy collector and being adjacent and optically connected to the refracting component; at least one reflecting component adjacent and optically connected to the receiving layer, the reflecting component being disposed opposite the at least one refracting component, the reflecting component comprising a plurality of reflecting elements, each one of the reflecting elements being associated with a corresponding one of the refracting elements, each one of the reflecting elements comprising first and second reflecting surfaces; wherein the refracting elements are positioned to refract light towards the at least one reflecting component, each reflecting element receiving refracted light from its refracting element, the at least one solar energy collector receiving reflected light from each of reflecting elements immediately subsequent reflection by the second reflecting surface.