RECEIVER DEVICE FOR CONCENTRATING PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEMS

• Main Author: Lanzara, Giovanni
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 16.06.2021
• Subjects: BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS; ELECTRIC SOLID STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; ELECTRICITY; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES

Receiver device (1) integrable in a concentrating solar photovoltaic apparatus for converting solar energy into electrical and thermal energy, the device comprising a photovoltaic substrate (10) having an upper surface (11) and a lower surface (12) opposite to the upper surface (11), the upper surface (11) comprising a photovoltaic device (13) for receiving concentrated solar energy and generating electric current and electrical connectors (14) coupled to the photovoltaic device (13) for conducting the generated electrical current outside the device (1), a frame element (20) having an upper aperture (21) faced to a lower portion of the concentrating solar photovoltaic apparatus and a lower aperture (22) faced to the upper surface (11) of the photovoltaic substrate (10), and a heat regulator element (30) comprising at least a channel (31) for the passage of a refrigerating fluid, the channel (31) communicating with an upper aperture (32) faced to the lower surface (12) of the photovoltaic substrate (10), wherein in assembled configuration the lower aperture (22) of the frame element (20) is positioned at the upper aperture (32) of the heat regulator element (30) and the photovoltaic substrate (10) is configured to be located between the frame element (20) and the heat regulator element (30) in order hermetically close both the lower aperture (22) of the frame element (20) and the upper aperture (32) of the heat regulator element (30), the refrigerating fluid being in direct contact with the lower surface (12) of the photovoltaic substrate (10).