Patent ID: 9653637
Date: 2017-05-16
CPC Classifications: H01L,H02S,Y02A,Y02E

Claim:
1. An apparatus for enabling photovoltaic cells to operate at a lower temperature, comprising: said photovoltaic cells provided on a first rotatable member, wherein said photovoltaic cells capture solar energy and convert said solar energy into electrical energy, wherein said electrical energy is transferred to an electric motor having an axial shaft; said electric motor rigidly connected to and in electric communication with said photovoltaic cells on a first side of said electric motor, wherein said electric motor is coaxially disposed in an annular space defined by said first rotatable member, wherein said axial shaft extends downwards from a second side of said electric motor opposite to said first side and is connected to an impeller, wherein said electric motor converts said electrical energy produced by said photovoltaic cells into mechanical energy for rotating said rigidly connected photovoltaic cells and said first rotatable member about a central axis in a first direction, and wherein said electric motor converts said electrical energy produced by said photovoltaic cells into said mechanical energy for rotating said axial shaft in a second direction counter to said first direction; a second rotatable member rigidly connected to said impeller, wherein said rotating axial shaft rotates said impeller and said second rotatable member in said second direction; and said first rotatable member and said second rotatable member comprising a plurality of vents, wherein said plurality of vents on said second rotatable member allow air to enter said apparatus from below said apparatus, wherein said impeller generates an air-flow, and wherein said air-flow reaches a top of said apparatus through said plurality of vents on said first rotatable member; whereby said photovoltaic cells on said first rotatable member are cooled by said air-flow on top and bottom of said rotating photovoltaic cells, enabling said photovoltaic cells to operate at said lower temperature.