公开(公告)号：WO2012116102A3

公开(公告)日：2013-01-31

申请号：PCT/US2012026173

申请日：2012-02-22

Applicant: SUNPOWER CORP ,  ALMY CHARLES ,  BARTON NICHOLAS

Inventor： ALMY CHARLES ,  BARTON NICHOLAS

IPC: F24J2/38 ,  F24J2/40 ,  F24J2/54

CPC classification number: F24J2/38 ,  F24J2/407 ,  F24J2/541 ,  F24J2002/385 ,  H02S20/10 ,  H02S20/32 ,  Y02E10/47

Abstract: A solar energy collection system can include a drive configured to adjust a tilt position of a solar collector assembly so as to tract the sun. The drive can include hardware for providing feedback control of the orientation of the solar collector assembly. A method for calibrating the drive can include moving the drive to a reference position and saving an output value from a sensor configured to detect the orientation of the drive. The reference value output from the sensor can then be used in determining the target output value from the sensor required to achieve a desired orientation.

Abstract translation: 太阳能收集系统可以包括被配置为调节太阳能收集器组件的倾斜位置以驱动太阳的驱动器。 驱动器可以包括用于提供太阳能收集器组件的取向的反馈控制的硬件。 用于校准驱动器的方法可以包括将驱动器移动到参考位置，并且从配置成检测驱动器的取向的传感器中节省输出值。 然后可以使用从传感器输出的参考值来确定实现所需取向所需的传感器的目标输出值。

公开(公告)号：WO2011066190A3

公开(公告)日：2012-11-01

申请号：PCT/US2010057419

申请日：2010-11-19

Applicant: GOOGLE INC ,  FITCH JOHN S ,  KONINGSTEIN ROSS ,  RICKET DOUGLAS J ,  MO VINCENT

Inventor： FITCH JOHN S ,  KONINGSTEIN ROSS ,  RICKET DOUGLAS J ,  MO VINCENT

IPC: F24J2/07 ,  F24J2/16 ,  F24J2/38 ,  F24J2/40 ,  F24J2/46 ,  G01S3/786 ,  G05D3/20

CPC classification number: F24J2/07 ,  F24J2/16 ,  F24J2/38 ,  F24J2/40 ,  F24J2/4607 ,  F24J2002/385 ,  G01S3/7861 ,  Y02E10/41 ,  Y02E10/47

Abstract: A heliostat control system includes a receiver located within a receiver volume and a view port located proximate to the receiver volume. The receiver is configured to receive sunlight reflected from a mirror of a heliostat. The view port is optically connected to a camera, and the camera is configured to generate an image including pixels having a brightness dependent on an orientation of the mirror.

Abstract translation: 定日镜控制系统包括位于接收器容积内的接收器和位于接收器体积附近的视图端口。 接收器被配置为接收从定日镜的反射镜反射的阳光。 视图端口被光学地连接到相机，并且相机被配置为生成包括具有取决于反射镜的取向的亮度的像素的图像。

公开(公告)号：WO2010067370A2

公开(公告)日：2010-06-17

申请号：PCT/IL2009001183

申请日：2009-12-13

Applicant: HELIOFOCUS LTD ,  BLUMENTHAL YANIR ,  GADOT OREN ,  GOLDENSTEIN ZOHAR

Inventor： BLUMENTHAL YANIR ,  GADOT OREN ,  GOLDENSTEIN ZOHAR

IPC: F24J2/10 ,  F24J2/12 ,  F24J2/54

CPC classification number: F24J2/1047 ,  F24J2/12 ,  F24J2/38 ,  F24J2/5233 ,  F24J2/5254 ,  F24J2/542 ,  F24J2002/108 ,  F24J2002/1095 ,  F24J2002/385 ,  F24J2002/5468 ,  Y02E10/42 ,  Y02E10/47

Abstract: A solar concentrating system including a concentrator operative to track the Sun so as to concentrate incident sunlight on to a focal location, the concentrator including a support structure, and an array of concentrating reflectors mounted on the support structure, wherein at least one of the reflectors is formed with a reflective surface facing the Sun and configured as a concave surface such that the incident sunlight impinging on the reflective surface is reflected on to the focal location, the array of concentrating reflectors being mounted on the support structure in a Fresnel-like reflector arrangement thus defining the concentrator as a Fresnel reflector

Abstract translation: 一种太阳能集中系统，包括可操作以跟踪太阳的集中器，以便将入射的阳光集中到焦点位置，所述集中器包括支撑结构，以及安装在所述支撑结构上的集中反射器阵列，其中至少一个所述反射器 形成有面向太阳并且被配置为凹面的反射表面，使得入射在反射表面上的入射太阳镜反射到聚焦位置，集中反射器阵列安装在菲涅耳状反射器的支撑结构上 因此将浓缩器定义为菲涅耳反射器

公开(公告)号：WO2012075437A1

公开(公告)日：2012-06-07

申请号：PCT/US2011063144

申请日：2011-12-02

Applicant: BLACK SWAN SOLAR INC ,  FUKUBA DANIEL ,  GOBLE JOS ,  TRUJILLO SALOMON ,  CURRIER THOMAS ,  WASIQ BOKHARI

Inventor： FUKUBA DANIEL ,  GOBLE JOS ,  TRUJILLO SALOMON ,  CURRIER THOMAS ,  WASIQ BOKHARI

IPC: F24J2/38

CPC classification number: F24J2/40 ,  F24J2/38 ,  F24J2/542 ,  F24J2002/0084 ,  F24J2002/385 ,  F24J2002/5462 ,  Y02E10/47

Abstract: A robotic controller for autonomous calibration and inspection of two or more solar surfaces wherein the robotic controller includes a drive system to position itself near a solar surface such that onboard sensors may be utilized to gather information about the solar surface. An onboard communication unit relays information to a central processing network, this processor combines new information with stored historical data to calibrate a solar surface and/or to determine its instantaneous health.

Abstract translation: 一种用于自动校准和检查两个或更多个太阳能表面的机器人控制器，其中所述机器人控制器包括驱动系统以将其自身定位在太阳能表面附近，使得车载传感器可用于收集有关太阳能表面的信息。 车载通信单元将信息中继到中央处理网络，该处理器将新信息与存储的历史数据组合以校准太阳能表面和/或确定其瞬时健康。

公开(公告)号：WO2011150319A3

公开(公告)日：2012-03-29

申请号：PCT/US2011038312

申请日：2011-05-27

Applicant: GEOSTELLAR LLC ,  LEVINE DAVID A ,  DAWE RUSSELL B ,  DEAL RICHARD B ,  DOBRZANSKI JEREMY TADEUSZ

Inventor： LEVINE DAVID A ,  DAWE RUSSELL B ,  DEAL RICHARD B ,  DOBRZANSKI JEREMY TADEUSZ

IPC: G06F19/00 ,  G06F17/40

CPC classification number: G06F17/5009 ,  F24J2002/385 ,  F24J2200/04 ,  G06F17/10 ,  G06Q30/02 ,  Y04S50/14

Abstract: A system and method for modeling resource availability includes a data collection system including one or more data collection devices configured to collect and collecting information pertaining to resource availability in a geographic region, and a modeling system, coupled to the data collection system, including one or more computing devices configured to process and processing the collected information to generate data that identifies one or more development sites specific to the geographic region, based on resource availability and add-on information specific to the geographic region.

Abstract translation: 用于建模资源可用性的系统和方法包括：数据收集系统，包括配置成收集和收集与地理区域中的资源可用性有关的信息的一个或多个数据收集装置，以及耦合到数据收集系统的建模系统，包括一个或 更多的计算设备被配置为基于资源可用性和特定于地理区域的附加信息来处理和处理所收集的信息以生成识别特定于地理区域的一个或多个开发站点的数据。

公开(公告)号：WO9701030A3

公开(公告)日：1997-02-06

申请号：PCT/IL9600018

申请日：1996-06-17

Applicant: YEDA RES & DEV ,  YOGEV AMNON ,  KRUPKIN VLADIMIR

Inventor： YOGEV AMNON ,  KRUPKIN VLADIMIR

IPC: F24S23/70 ,  F24S50/20 ,  F03G

CPC classification number: F24J2/10 ,  F24J2/38 ,  F24J2002/1076 ,  F24J2002/385 ,  Y02E10/46 ,  Y02E10/47

Abstract: PCT No. PCT/IL96/00018 Sec. 371 Date Dec. 19, 1997 Sec. 102(e) Date Dec. 19, 1997 PCT Filed Jun. 17, 1996 PCT Pub. No. WO97/01030 PCT Pub. Date Jan. 9, 1997Control of a heliostat field (1) in a solar energy plant is provided with a system (6) which controls the alignment of heliostat mirrors (2) in a controlled area of the heliostat field (1) with respect to a selected zone in a target plane (P). The control system (6) comprises a detection device (7) removed from the target plane (P) in the direction of propagation of radiation (R') directed by the heliostat mirrors towards the target plane (P). The detection device (7) has a detection surface (8) facing the radiation (R'). The control system further comprises first means (9) capable of projecting on the detection surface (8) concentrated solar radiation delivered to the selected zone from the controlled area of the heliostat field (1) to produce thereon an image of the controlled area, second means (12) associated with the detection device for measuring separately the light intensity of portions of the image and third means for adjusting each heliostat mirror (2) in the controlled area in response to such measurements.

公开(公告)号：WO2012100363A3

公开(公告)日：2013-08-22

申请号：PCT/CH2012000024

申请日：2012-01-30

Applicant: AIRLIGHT ENERGY IP SA ,  PEDRETTI ANDREA

Inventor： PEDRETTI ANDREA

IPC: F24J2/14 ,  F24J2/38 ,  F24J2/40 ,  G01M11/00 ,  G02B7/183 ,  G02B7/28 ,  G02B26/08 ,  H01L31/052

CPC classification number: G01M11/005 ,  F24J2/145 ,  F24J2/407 ,  F24J2002/385 ,  G02B7/183 ,  Y02E10/45 ,  Y02E10/52

Abstract: The invention comprises a method and an apparatus for gauging a reflector for radiation during operation of said reflector, in which method, in order to determine the present reflection properties of the reflector in a number of at least one measurement point provided in the path of the radiation reflected by the reflector, the pattern of predetermined properties of the presently reflected radiation is measured and compared with a predetermined reference pattern, wherein a conclusion is drawn from the comparison on the present geometric properties of the reflector and, in the event of undesirable geometric properties, corresponding operational parameters of the reflector are altered. Preferably, this method is used in trough collectors for solar power plants in order to gauge flexible concentrators arranged in a pressure cell during operation of said concentrators.

Abstract translation: 本发明包括用于在操作测量的反射辐射体，其中，用于确定在由反射器意图的路径反射器的电流反射特性的反射的至少一个测量点的辐射数的方法和装置反射的电流的预定特性的图案 辐射被测量并且与预定的参考图案进行比较，从所述比较中的反射器和反射器的相应的操作参数的当前几何性质封闭在不希望的几何特性被改变。 该过程优选地应用于对于槽式太阳能发电厂收集器，以便布置在压力室来测量集中在其操作灵活。

公开(公告)号：WO2012125748A2

公开(公告)日：2012-09-20

申请号：PCT/US2012029106

申请日：2012-03-14

Applicant: THERMATA INC ,  JOHNSON RICHARD L ,  HINES BRADEN E

Inventor： JOHNSON RICHARD L ,  HINES BRADEN E

IPC: F24J2/52

CPC classification number: F24J2/38 ,  F24J2/07 ,  F24J2/08 ,  F24J2/16 ,  F24J2/407 ,  F24J2/5424 ,  F24J2002/385 ,  G02B5/02 ,  G02B19/0019 ,  G02B19/0042 ,  G02B27/4255 ,  Y02E10/41 ,  Y02E10/47

Abstract: The present invention relates to apparatus and methods to provide a control system for the purpose of redirecting light from a source onto a target. The present invention appreciates that the optical properties of light that is both modified and/or distributed, e.g. by diffraction, diffusion, or some other process, and also redirected by a heliostat, can be a function of how the light redirecting element is aimed. This means that the aim of the light redirecting element can be precisely determined once the aim of the modified and/or distributed light is known. Advantageously, the characteristics of modified and/or distributed light indicative of how that light is aimed can be determined from locations outside the zone of concentrated illumination in which sensors are at undue risk. This, in turn, means that modified and/or distributed light characteristics can be detected at a safe location, and this information can then be used to help precisely aim the light redirecting element onto the desired target, such as a receiver in a CSP system. The aim of the modified and/or distributed light is thus an accurate proxy for the light beam to be aimed at the receiver.

Abstract translation: 本发明涉及提供控制系统的装置和方法，其目的在于将来自源的光重定向到目标上。 本发明认识到，被修饰和/或分布的光的光学性质，例如， 通过衍射，扩散或一些其他过程，并且还通过定日镜重定向，可以是光重定向元件如何瞄准的功能。 这意味着一旦知道了改进的和/或分布的光的目的，就可以精确地确定光重定向元件的目的。 有利地，可以从传感器处于不适当风险的集中照明区域之外的位置确定指示如何瞄准光的经修改和/或分布的光的特性。 这反过来意味着可以在安全的位置检测到修改和/或分布的光特性，然后可以使用该信息来帮助将光重定向元件精确地对准到期望的目标，诸如CSP系统中的接收器 。 因此，修改和/或分布光的目的是使光束瞄准接收器的准确代理。

公开(公告)号：WO2011158199A3

公开(公告)日：2012-04-26

申请号：PCT/IB2011052616

申请日：2011-06-16

Applicant: BRIGHTSOURCE IND ISRAEL LTD ,  KROYZER GIL ,  GILON YOEL ,  ROZENMAN EYAL

Inventor： KROYZER GIL ,  GILON YOEL ,  ROZENMAN EYAL

IPC: F24J2/38

CPC classification number: F24J2/4607 ,  F24J2/1047 ,  F24J2/16 ,  F24J2/38 ,  F24J2/407 ,  F24J2002/385 ,  Y02E10/47

Abstract: At least some of the heliostats can be arranged and operated in such a manner that the maintenance vehicle can pass through the solar field along conditional pathways. The arrangement and control of the heliostats to allow access to heliostats by a maintenance vehicle can enable different heliostat patterns as compared with conventional arrangements. In particular, heliostats in one section of the solar field, which may be less geometrically efficient, can be arranged at a higher density as compared to heliostat in another section of the solar field. In addition, the locations of heliostats in various sections of the field can be optimized based on ground coverage as viewed from a vantage point in the solar tower and/or revenue generation without constraining the locations to particular line or arc patterns.

Abstract translation: 至少一些定日镜可以以这样的方式进行布置和操作，使得维护车辆可以沿着条件路径穿过太阳能场。 通过维护车辆的定日镜的安排和控制可以使得与常规布置相比能够使用不同的定日镜图案。 特别地，与太阳能场的另一部分中的定日镜相比，在太阳能场的一个部分中可能具有更少几何效率的定日镜可以以更高的密度布置。 此外，可以基于从太阳能塔中的有利位置观察的地面覆盖和/或收入生成来优化场地的各个部分中的定日镜的位置，而不会将位置限制到特定的线或弧图案。

公开(公告)号：WO2011011651A3

公开(公告)日：2011-05-05

申请号：PCT/US2010042991

申请日：2010-07-23

Applicant: CEWA TECHNOLOGIES INC ,  FANGMAN MICHAEL E

Inventor： FANGMAN MICHAEL E

IPC: F24J2/10 ,  F24J2/18 ,  F24J2/46

CPC classification number: H02S20/32 ,  F24J2/1047 ,  F24J2/1057 ,  F24J2/12 ,  F24J2/18 ,  F24J2/38 ,  F24J2002/1085 ,  F24J2002/385 ,  G01D5/3473 ,  H01L31/02024 ,  H01L31/052 ,  H01L31/0547 ,  H01L31/056 ,  H02S40/00 ,  H02S40/44 ,  Y02B10/20 ,  Y02E10/42 ,  Y02E10/47 ,  Y02E10/52

Abstract: A solar concentrator calibration tool that compensates for inconsistencies in the fabrication, assembly and installation of a solar collector system, permitting the solar collector to perform optimally. The calibration tool provides feedback information to a supervisory control processor, allowing the processor to compare the expected position of the sun to the "actual" position found by the calibration tool. The processor then generates a calibration signal, thereafter used by the collector's movement control mechanism, to compensate the tracking of the solar collector to accurately follow the movement of the sun, unconstrained by the effects of the construction inconsistencies.

Abstract translation: 一种太阳能集中器校准工具，其补偿太阳能收集器系统的制造，组装和安装的不一致性，允许太阳能收集器最佳地执行。 校准工具向监控处理器提供反馈信息，允许处理器将太阳的预期位置与校准工具发现的“实际”位置进行比较。 然后，处理器产生校准信号，然后由收集器的运动控制机构使用，以补偿太阳能收集器的跟踪以精确地跟随太阳的运动，而不受施工不一致的影响。