초록

A water-borne tracking solar energy collecting and converting system employing booster and multiple mirror concentrator collectors for concentrating sunlight on either photovoltaic cells and/or flat plate collectors.

대표청구항 ▼

A heat exchange means comprising: a floating platform, means for positioning said platform for arcuate movement through a given path when floating on a liquid, a plurality of arrays of juxtapositioned parallelly arranged reflectors each mounted on the top of said platform, at least one solar ray col

A heat exchange means comprising: a floating platform, means for positioning said platform for arcuate movement through a given path when floating on a liquid, a plurality of arrays of juxtapositioned parallelly arranged reflectors each mounted on the top of said platform, at least one solar ray collector panel mounted on each array to extend longitudinally of said reflectors and disposed with its axis in the focal zone of said reflectors, each array of said reflectors comprising at least one pair of reflector surfaces with one of each pair being angularly arranged on different sides of a given collector panel for directing the solar rays toward the collector panel, and platform actuating means for moving said platform about an arcuate path for tracking the sun in an azimuthal mode.