Patent ID: 9344032
Filing Date: 2016-05-17
CPC Classification: H02S,Y02E

Claim Text:
1. A module for power generation from solar radiation comprising a casing including: a first wall exposed to solar radiation and provided with photovoltaic cells, at least a second wall, spaced apart from the inner surface of the first wall, an intake for fresh air, to provide air circulation inside the casing, and an outlet for the air which has been heated, the power being generated as electricity by the photovoltaic cells and as heat from the heated air, wherein: the first wall is partially made up of a photovoltaic panel with the other part made up of a transparent plate, a free space is formed between the first and second walls, an inner face of the second wall, which faces the free space and the first wall, is dark, and the air circulates in the free space in contact with the photovoltaic panel, the transparent plate, and the dark inner face of the second wall, thereby cooling inner faces of the photovoltaic cells, the air circulating in the free space being heated by the part of the radiation that has passed through the first wall including the transparent plate and by contact with the dark inner face of the second wall.