A platform for research: civil engineering, architecture and urbanism
A platform for research: civil engineering, architecture and urbanism
Abstract There is provided a modular photovoltaic louvered device. The device comprises a rectangular framework; a plurality of photovoltaic louvre panels engaged in parallel within the framework, and electrical connector bearings interfacing each louvre panel and the framework, allowing each louvre panel to rotate through an operative range and electrically connecting each louvre panel to electronics within the framework. Each louvre panel comprises: a transparent outer; a plurality of upper upwardly orientated photovoltaic cells operatively facing an upper surface; a plurality of lower downwardly orientated photovoltaic cells operatively facing a lower surface; and a reflector located between the lower photovoltaic cells and the transparent outer. Furthermore, each of the plurality of upper and lower photovoltaic cells occupy a surface area less than that of each photovoltaic louvre panel such that, in use, an amount of light may pass through the transparent outer of each photovoltaic panel to a photovoltaic panel beneath such that the light captured by the device is increased by the lower photovoltaic cells being able to receive light reflected from a panel below and the reflector.
Abstract There is provided a modular photovoltaic louvered device. The device comprises a rectangular framework; a plurality of photovoltaic louvre panels engaged in parallel within the framework, and electrical connector bearings interfacing each louvre panel and the framework, allowing each louvre panel to rotate through an operative range and electrically connecting each louvre panel to electronics within the framework. Each louvre panel comprises: a transparent outer; a plurality of upper upwardly orientated photovoltaic cells operatively facing an upper surface; a plurality of lower downwardly orientated photovoltaic cells operatively facing a lower surface; and a reflector located between the lower photovoltaic cells and the transparent outer. Furthermore, each of the plurality of upper and lower photovoltaic cells occupy a surface area less than that of each photovoltaic louvre panel such that, in use, an amount of light may pass through the transparent outer of each photovoltaic panel to a photovoltaic panel beneath such that the light captured by the device is increased by the lower photovoltaic cells being able to receive light reflected from a panel below and the reflector.
A MODULAR PHOTOVOLTAIC LOUVERED DEVICE
LYONS JACK (author)
2019-05-02
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC:
E06B
Feste oder bewegliche Abschlüsse für Öffnungen in Bauwerken, Fahrzeugen, Zäunen oder ähnlichen Einfriedungen allgemein, z.B. Türen, Fenster, Läden, Tore
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FIXED OR MOVABLE CLOSURES FOR OPENINGS IN BUILDINGS, VEHICLES, FENCES, OR LIKE ENCLOSURES, IN GENERAL, e.g. DOORS, WINDOWS, BLINDS, GATES
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H01L
Halbleiterbauelemente
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SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES
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H02S
GENERATION OF ELECTRIC POWER BY CONVERSION OF INFRA-RED RADIATION, VISIBLE LIGHT OR ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT, E.G. USING PHOTOVOLTAIC [PV] MODULES
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Erzeugung elektrischer Energie durch Umwandlung von Infrarot-Strahlung, sichtbarem Licht oder ultraviolettem Licht, z.B. unter Verwendung von Photovoltaik [PV]-Modulen
Louvered photovoltaic building vertical surface and louvered photovoltaic curtain wall
| European Patent Office | 2016