Patent ID: 9057535
Filing Date: 2015-06-16
Classification: F24S,H01L,H02S,Y02B,Y02E

Abstract:
1. An electromagnetic energy harvesting converter, configured to simultaneously control solar electricity generation, solar thermal energy collection and light transmission from direct solar radiation, comprising: a panel enclosure having a light transmissive front face spaced apart from a transparent or opaque enclosure rear face, wherein the space between said front face and said rear face defines a panel enclosure interior volume configured to control fluid flowing within said panel enclosure interior volume; said panel enclosure interior volume housing an array of parallel reflective concave slats, each slat having a forward concave face that receives direct sunlight, and a rear face that receives reflected or indirect sunlight, wherein a selected plurality of slats carry at least one photovoltaic energy converter mounted on the rear face of said selected slats are positioned and configured to receive said reflected sunlight directly after a single reflection from said forward concave face of an adjacent concave slat, and wherein each slat is connected by a shared linkage and is controllable to aim said reflected sunlight and to expose a selected amount of said slat forward concave face to said direct sunlight; wherein said electromagnetic energy harvesting converter is configured to, through modification of an orientation of said selected plurality of slats with respect to said light transmissive front face, generate electrical energy from said photovoltaic energy converters at various of said orientations of said selected plurality of slats, while simultaneously (a) collecting a selected amount of thermal energy from said solar radiation within said panel enclosure and (b) controlling the amount of sunlight permitted to pass through said panel enclosure's front face, past said slats and through said enclosure rear face to provide a selected amount of light transmission through said panel.