LIGHT COLLECTION AND CONCENTRATION SYSTEM
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    发明公开
    LIGHT COLLECTION AND CONCENTRATION SYSTEM 审中-公开
    聚光和集中系统

    公开(公告)号:EP2356380A1

    公开(公告)日:2011-08-17

    申请号:EP09826481.5

    申请日:2009-08-04

    IPC分类号: F24J2/08 H01L31/042

    摘要: A light collection and concentration system includes a primary light concentrator, a light transport structure, and a light directing structure optically associated with the primary light concentrator. The system may include an optional secondary light concentrator. Each unit-system includes a plurality of the primary light concentrators and a respective plurality of the light directing structures, and only a single light transport structure. A photo-voltaic (PV) cell may advantageously be associated with each unit-system. Solar radiation is focused by the primary concentrators onto respective light directing structures incorporated in a low aspect ratio, sheet-type waveguide light transport structure. Each respective light directing structure intercepts the focused light and deflects it transversely to travel along the length of the light transport structure primarily via total internal reflection (TIR) towards an exit-end of the light transport structure, where it can be input to the PV cell. The optional secondary light concentrator may further concentrate the light out-coupled from the transport structure into the PV cell.

    摘要翻译: 光收集和聚光系统包括主聚光器,光传输结构以及与主聚光器光学相关联的光引导结构。 该系统可能包括一个可选的辅助集中器。 每个单元系统包括多个主聚光器和相应的多个导光结构,并且仅包括单个光传输结构。 光伏(PV)电池可以有利地与每个单元系统相关联。 太阳辐射通过主集中器聚焦到以低长宽比片状波导光传输结构并入的各个光引导结构中。 每个相应的导光结构拦截聚焦的光并使其横向偏转以主要通过全内反射(TIR)沿着光传输结构的长度行进至光传输结构的出口端,在那里它可以被输入到PV 细胞。 可选的次级聚光器可以进一步将从传输结构外耦合的光聚集到PV电池中。