专利名称：Low-cost solar collector发明人：Thomas Robert Wik申请号：US11982785申请日：20071105公开号：US08921680B1公开日：20141230
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摘要：A low-cost solar collector employs a concave reflecting surface and a convexreflecting surface configured as a cylindrical Cassegrain optical system with planarsymmetry to concentrate sunlight for photovoltaic solar panels. The collector achieveshigh concentration factors exceeding 20× and maintains focus of concentrated sunlight
on the photovoltaic cells using a simple mechanical means to rotate the collector. Aplurality of solar collectors is arranged in parallel in a conventional solar panel formfactor and driven by a single drive system to maintain the sun continuously in the plane ofsymmetry of each of the solar collectors that comprise the solar panel. This reduces thearea of photovoltaic cells required to convert a given quantity of light energy to
electrical energy. Cost of electrical energy generated is reduced significantly because thecost per unit area of the solar collectors is much less than the cost of photovoltaic cells.
申请人：Thomas Robert Wik
地址：Livermore CA US
国籍：US
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