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6818818 |
Concentrating solar energy receiver
There is disclosed herein a concentrating solar energy receiver comprising a primary parabolic reflector having a center and a high reflectivity surface on a concave side of the reflector and...
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6804962 |
Solar energy desalination system
A desalination system is driven by a solar powered boiler that outputs a pressurized vapor to drive an expander that generates output motive force. A pump is responsive to the motive force to...
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6786045 |
Thermal reciprocating engine
The present invention provides novel engine technologies for power generation and work applications. The engines transform sunlight, heat, or cold, directly into mechanical force. The invention...
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6775982 |
Solar heat utilization stirling engine power generation plant
Objects of the invention is to make a fuel for generating power unnecessary, to generate no carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) by generating power without burning substance, and to make it possible to supply a...
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6772593 |
Solar vortex electric power generator
The SOLAR VORTEX ELECTRIC POWER GENERATOR utilizes hot, unstable air on a flat surface when drawn under the collector surface to rise in a central tower where it acts as a controlled tornado...
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6768049 |
Thermophotovoltaic electric power generating apparatus and power generating method thereof
A thermophotovoltaic power generating apparatus that heats an emitter by a combustion gas produced by fuel and air, and converts light radiated from the emitter into electric power by using...
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6739136 |
Combustion system for hybrid solar fossil fuel receiver
A combustion system for a hybrid solar receiver comprises a pre-mixer which combines air and fuel to form an air-fuel mixture. The mixture is introduced tangentially into a cooling jacket. A burner...
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6730840 |
Concentrating photovoltaic module and concentrating photovoltaic power generating system
A concentrating photovoltaic module comprising: a lightguide member having at least one exit face and a plurality of entrance faces; and at least one solar cell placed immediately after the exit...
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6717045 |
Photovoltaic array module design for solar electric power generation systems
The invention relates to a solar photovoltaic array module design, which constitutes three steps of optical concentrations of photovoltaic electric power generation systems. A compound parabolic...
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6703555 |
Solar cell string, solar cell array and solar photovoltaic power system
The solar cell string of the present invention comprises a plurality of solar cells interconnected in series and/or parallel, one positive terminal, and one negative terminal, wherein at least a...
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6694738 |
Retrofit equipment for reducing the consumption of fossil fuel by a power plant using solar insolation
Retrofit equipment includes an auxiliary gas turbine unit including an auxiliary compressor for compressing ambient air to produce compressed air, a solar collector that receives the compressed air...
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6688303 |
Method and system for controlling operation of an energy conversion device
A method and system is described for controlling a solar collector. A microprocessor receives inputs from one or more sensors in the system and determines the level of operation of an energy...
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6689949 |
Concentrating photovoltaic cavity converters for extreme solar-to-electric conversion efficiencies
A concentrating photovoltaic module is provided which provides a concentration in the range of about 500 to over 1,000 suns and a power range of a few kW to 50 kW. A plurality of such modules may...
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6675580 |
PV/thermal solar power assembly
A flexible solar power assembly ( 2 ) includes a flexible photovoltaic device ( 16 ) attached to a flexible thermal solar collector ( 4 ). The solar power assembly can be rolled up for transport...
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6672064 |
Rankine cycle generation of electricity
Systems or combinations and methodology for converting solar energy to electrical energy and thermal energy and for converting the resultant thermal energy to electrical energy are disclosed....
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6668555 |
Solar receiver-based power generation system
A solar receiver system ( 10 ) has a solar receiver ( 12 ) that receives sun rays ( 14 ) directed thereto. The receiver ( 12 ) has a heat pipe ( 26 ) having working fluid ( 38 ) therein. The first...
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6657118 |
Solar battery module, method of manufacturing same and power generating apparatus
If an inverter is merely attached to the back side of a solar battery module, the inverter becomes an obstacle to transport and installation, it may be broken if it strikes a building structure at...
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6651434 |
System of solar and gravitational energy
A liquid is evaporated by the sun, raised as vapor, condensed and stored in tanks. These tanks are connected to a turbine. Turbine is feed by the condensed liquid, and then the liquid is evaporated...
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6647725 |
Thermal differential engine apparatus
The present invention provides novel engine technologies for power generation and work applications. The engines transform sunlight, heat, or cold, directly into mechanical force. The invention...
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6641371 |
Device for continuous regulation of the gas flow rate processed by a reciprocating compressor
A device ( 10 ) for continuous regulation of the gas flow rate processed by a reciprocating compressor, wherein the reciprocating compressor has at least one first compression piston ( 35 ), which...
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6635818 |
Wireless power supply method
There is provided a wireless-type power supply method that is applied to the case where an object to which energy is to be transmitted is relatively small, such as a micromachine, and that allows...
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6630622 |
Combined solar electric power and liquid heat transfer collector panel
An apparatus for converting solar energy to thermal and electrical energy including a photovoltaic grid for converting the concentrated solar energy into electrical energy mounted on a copper plate...
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6620998 |
Recycling heat from industrial processes to generate electricity using a thermophotovoltaic generator
The invention teaches a method and apparatus for the generation of electric power by recycling the heat generated by various industrial processes. Thermophotovoltaic cells are used to convert the...
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6603069 |
Adaptive, full-spectrum solar energy system
An adaptive full spectrum solar energy system having at least one hybrid solar concentrator, at least one hybrid luminaire, at least one hybrid photobioreactor, and a light distribution system...
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6583350 |
Thermophotovoltaic energy conversion using photonic bandgap selective emitters
A method for thermophotovoltaic generation of electricity comprises heating a metallic photonic crystal to provide selective emission of radiation that is matched to the peak spectral response of a...
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6576830 |
Solar cell roof structure, construction method thereof, photovoltaic power generating apparatus, and building
In a solar cell roof structure, a photovoltaic power generating apparatus, a building and a method of construction of a solar cell roof, in which a solar cell module is provided above a roof base...
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6550248 |
Electrical generating system using solar energy
A method for generation of electricity is disclosed in which solar heat energy is collected in a photochromic heat exchange medium which flows to a generating system which converts the flow energy...
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6545211 |
Solar cell module, building material with solar cell module, solar cell module framing structure, and solar power generation apparatus
A solar cell module includes an electrical parameter detection unit including an operating current detector unit for a solar cell element and a communication unit for communicating an output from...
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6541693 |
Solar cell module and process for its production, and solar cell module installing method and solar electricity generation system
A solar cell module comprises a photovoltaic device having a flexible substrate. The photovoltaic device has a strain at least partly in the planar direction of the flexible substrate, and the...
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6487859 |
Dish/stirling hybrid-receiver
A hybrid high-temperature solar receiver is provided which comprises a solar heat-pipe-receiver including a front dome having a solar absorber surface for receiving concentrated solar energy, a...
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6477840 |
Truine energy system
The present invention provides for the conversion of domestic sewage into electric power. The invention also allows for the additional creation of redundant systems through the use of solar...
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6477841 |
Closed cycle power plant
The invention provides a method for the conversion of solar energy stored by photosynthesis to electrical energy, utilizing a closed cycle power plant ( 2 ) comprising providing a body of water ( 4...
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6470683 |
Controlled direct drive engine system
A controlled direct drive engine efficiency uses positive-displacement power produced from a thermal energy source (or sources), which may include combustion energy. Engine power production is from...
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6438957 |
Piezoelectric power generating arrangement activated by elements caused to rotate by natural energy source
A piezoelectric power generating arrangement activated by elements caused to rotate by a natural energy source, includes a plurality of bristles; a plurality of piezoelectric elements in...
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6437235 |
Solar cell module, solar cell-bearing roof and solar cell power generation system
A solar cell module has an outermost surface comprising a surface member on the light receiving face side of the solar cell module, a back face comprising a back face member on the non-light...
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6428694 |
Solar powered environmental remediation devices
Devices and methods of use of a non-traditionally powered environmental remediation device and, more particularly, to devices utilizing programmable logic controllers for remote operation,...
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6425248 |
Solar power generation administration system, and solar power generation administration method to provide useful information to user
A method of providing a user who has installed a solar power generator with appropriate information, including the steps of receiving data of the quantity of generated power and quantity of power...
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6367259 |
Battery-less solar power system
A photovoltaic energy system that accumulates mechanical energy, i.e., pneumatic or hydraulic pressure, or performs mechanical work, i.e., pumping water, without using electrochemical batteries....
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6367257 |
Installation for producing solar thermal energy
An installation for producing solar thermal energy includes a floating thermal storage water heater provided with an absorber layer on the inside thereof and with transparent thermal insulation on...
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6363718 |
Method for accumulating energy from natural power
The natural power of the present invention includes a wind energy, sea wave energy, and solar energy. These energies are used in high energy for achieving an economic value. The current conversion...
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6360542 |
Apparatus for converting solar energy into electrical energy
An apparatus for converting solar energy into electrical energy includes a solar energy collecting device for collecting light energy from the sun, and a tank for holding water therein. The tank is...
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6343464 |
Solar thermal rocket
A thermal solar rocket that includes a solar energy receiver having two sections (a thermal energy storage section and a direct gain section), a solar concentrator, and a propulsion nozzle. In one...
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6331671 |
Installation structure of solar cell module array, installation method of solar cell module, and sunlight power generation system
An installation structure of a solar cell module array in which a plurality of solar cell module strings are arranged on a desired installation face is provided. The plurality of solar cell module...
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6331670 |
Solar cell module having an overvoltage preventive element and sunlight power generation system using the solar cell module
A solar cell module in which a plurality of photovoltaic elements are installed such that they are electrically connected with each other, wherein an overvoltage preventive element is electrically...
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6307144 |
Solar cell module, solar cell array and sunlight power generation apparatus
A solar cell module comprising one or more solar cells enclosed therein is characterized in that the solar cell module has a heat-sensitive circuit cut-off means or a heat-sensitive circuit cut-off...
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6301893 |
Method and apparatus for converting natural heat energy into another form of energy
A method and apparatus for converting natural heat energy into another form of energy is disclosed. The method includes the steps of: (a) exposing one end of a superconductor body to a source of...
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6294724 |
Solar cell module and power generation apparatus
There is disclosed a solar cell module comprising a solar cell element, a front surface member provided at the light receiving surface side of the solar cell element, and a back surface member...
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6290185 |
Solar thermal rocket
A solar thermal rocket that includes a thermal energy storage section, a radiant inter-heater, a primary solar concentrator, and a propulsion nozzle. The primary solar concentrator is selectively...
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6291761 |
Solar cell module, production method and installation method therefor and photovoltaic power generation system
A solar cell module comprises a front surface member disposed on a front surface side of a photovoltaic element having at least a semiconductor photoactive layer on a flexible substrate, a back...
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6263674 |
Solar-powered, mobile vending apparatus
A vending apparatus is provided having a vending machine powered by a solar photovoltaic cell array of panels. The panels are secured in a horizontal position to a base and mounted to a top of the...
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