An airship is equipped with a compact solar generator using concentration to supply the airship in flight with electrical energy from solar radiation. The compact solar generator comprises a first set of row(s) of bifacial photovoltaic solar cells, arranged parallel to a longitudinal central axis of the airship, and a solar radiation concentrator for making solar rays converge towards rear faces of the bifacial solar cells of the first set. The solar radiation concentrator is a second set of one or more local solar radiation concentrator(s), wherein each local concentrator is paired with a corresponding row of solar cells and comprises a reflector of convex form suitable for making solar radiation converge towards the rear faces of the solar cells of the paired row.
AIRSHIP EQUIPPED WITH A COMPACT SOLAR GENERATOR USING LOCAL CONCENTRATION AND BIFACIAL SOLAR CELLS
2018-01-11
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | H01L Halbleiterbauelemente , SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES / B64B LIGHTER-THAN-AIR AIRCRAFT , Luftfahrzeuge leichter als Luft / H02S GENERATION OF ELECTRIC POWER BY CONVERSION OF INFRA-RED RADIATION, VISIBLE LIGHT OR ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT, E.G. USING PHOTOVOLTAIC [PV] MODULES , Erzeugung elektrischer Energie durch Umwandlung von Infrarot-Strahlung, sichtbarem Licht oder ultraviolettem Licht, z.B. unter Verwendung von Photovoltaik [PV]-Modulen |
AIRSHIP EQUIPPED WITH A COMPACT SOLAR GENERATOR USING LOCAL CONCENTRATION AND BIFACIAL SOLAR CELLS
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