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A solar array power generation system includes a solar array electrically connected to a control system. The solar array has a plurality of solar modules, each module having at least one DC/DC converter for converting the raw panel output to an optimized high voltage, low current output. In a further embodiment, each DC/DC converter requires a signal to enable power output of the solar modules.

A method for fabricating an electronic device comprises providing a substrate (501), direct writing a functional material by a thermal spray on the substrate (502) and removing a portion of the function material to form the electronic or sensory device (503).

The invention relates to the field of solar cells, in particular to an efficient energy conversion device for a solar cell panel, an array and an application method thereof. The device comprises an input voltage and current sampling circuit, a DC-DC conversion circuit, an output voltage and current sampling circuit, a switching control circuit and a central processing circuit, wherein the centralprocessing circuit controls the input voltage of the DC-DC conversion circuit through the switching control circuit by taking the input voltage and current sampling circuit and the output voltage andcurrent sampling circuit as feedback. The device is an energy balance device which can solve the problem that the power generation quantity of the whole system is greatly reduced and the system cannot work normally due to mismatch of individual photovoltaic units in a solar photovoltaic array, save at most 50 percent of energy lost due to the mismatch under the actual installation condition and promote the power generation quantity of the solar power generation system to the highest level.

A thermoelectric device that can exhibit substantially high specific power density is provided. The device includes core having a p-type element made from carbon nanotube and an n-type element. The device also includes a heat plate in and a cool plate, between which the core can be positioned. The design of the thermoelectric device allows the device to operate at substantially high temperature and to generate substantially high power output, despite being light weight. A method for making the thermoelectric device is also provided.

To provide a carbon dioxide recovery system capable of suppressing reduction in turbine output at the time of regenerating an absorption liquid with carbon dioxide absorbed therein, a power generation system using the carbon dioxide recovery system, and a method for these systems. The carbon dioxide recovery system including: a carbon dioxide absorption tower (18) which absorbs and removes carbon dioxide from a combustion exhaust gas of a boiler (1) by an absorption liquid; and a regeneration tower which heats and regenerates a loaded absorption liquid with carbon dioxide absorbed therein, is characterized in that the regeneration tower (24) is provided with plural loaded absorption liquid heating means (41, 42) in multiple stages, which heat the loaded absorption liquid and remove carbon dioxide in the load absorption liquid, in that a turbine (8) driven and rotated by steam of the boiler is provided with plural lines (44, 45) which extract plural kinds of steam with different pressures from the turbine and which supply the plural kinds of steam to the plural loaded absorption liquid heating means as their heating sources, and in that the plural lines are connected to make the pressure of supplied steam increased from a preceding stage (41) of the plural loaded absorption liquid heating means to a post stage (42) of the plural loaded absorption liquid heating means.

A brushless generator with permanent-magnet multi-pole rotor disks and coreless stator winding disks includes integral electronics to efficiently generate regulated DC current and voltage from shaft input power over a broad speed range. Its power rating is scalable, and it incurs no cogging torque, or friction from gearing. Integral power control electronics includes high-frequency pulse-width-modulated boost regulation, which provides regulated current at requisite voltage over its broad speed range. A main embodiment to produce DC power at widely variable speeds includes signal processing so output power varies according to the third power of speed. A version for use with vertical-axis wind turbines has a relatively large diameter to facilitate a large number of poles. Combined boost-regulation, zero cogging torque, and no gearing, enable a wide speed range, for better power quality and higher wind energy yields. An alternate embodiment is intended to produce DC power from a variety of shaft drive sources, with selectable shaft torque.

An energy storage gas-turbine electric power generating system includes a liquid air storage tank for storing liquid air, a vaporizing facility for vaporizing the liquid air stored in the liquid air storage tank, a combustor for generating a combusted gas by combusting the air vaporized by the vaporizing facility and a fuel, a gas turbine driven by the combusted gas generated in the combustor, and a gas-turbine generator connected to the gas turbine for generating electric power. The system further includes a pressurizing unit for pressurizing the liquid air stored in the liquid air storage tank up to a pressure higher than a pressure of air supplied to the combustor to supply the liquid air to the vaporizing facility, an expansion turbine driven by expanding the air vaporized by the vaporizing facility and an expansion-turbine generator connected to the expansion turbine for generating electric power.

A wind turbine is presented where the operation lifetime of the main bearing is extended by relieving the main bearing by reducing the mean bending moment on the bearing by means of individual pitch control of the blades of the rotor so as to create an aerodynamic mean tilt moment on the rotor by means of aerodynamic forces on the blades, the tilt moment at least partly counteracting the bending moment caused by the overhang load forces on the main bearing from the gravitational pull on the rotor mass.

A deployable solar panel system includes a plurality of solar cell panels that are mechanically and electrically coupled to each other prior to shipment to an installation site, folded in a stacking arrangement within a packaging container for shipment to the installation site, and then unfolded to deploy the solar cell panels at a desired tilt angle during installation at the installation site. In one embodiment, the solar cell panels are mechanically coupled to each other using a hinge assembly, such as a hinge bracket and hinge pin. Each solar cell panel system is electrically coupled to each other using a series string. The series string may be electrically coupled to a DC-DC converter and/or a DC-AC inverter.

The invention relates to a method for forecasting optical output power and electric energy production of a photovoltaic power station, belonging to the technical field of power generation and distribution. The method is characterized by comprising the following steps: on-site data acquisition-comparison with historic data-output of the forecasting result. The forecasting accuracy is so accurate that annual average between the forecasting result and actual result is no more than 5%; short-time forecasting, daily forecasting, weekly forecasting, monthly forecasting and annual forecasting can be carried out; as far as power grid dispatching is concerned, starting-up mode and operation mode of the photovoltaic power station and a conventional power station in a certain period can be reasonably arranged according to the forecasting, so that the power grid can operate stably, electric energy production of the photovoltaic power station can be improved, technical evidence and theoretic guidance can be provided for establishment of the large capacity photovoltaic power station, safe and efficient operation of the photovoltaic power station can be ensured and smooth implementation of national new energy strategy can be facilitated.

In a back-surface electrode type photoelectric conversion element having electrodes and semiconductor layers for collecting carriers disposed only on a back surface side of a semiconductor substrate, a semiconductor thin film that is larger in band gap than the semiconductor substrate and that contains an element causing a conductivity identical to or different from a conductivity of the semiconductor substrate is provided on a light-receiving surface side of the semiconductor substrate, and a diffusion layer is formed on a surface of the semiconductor substrate. Alternatively, 95% or more of light beams having a wavelength of anywhere from 800 nm to 2000 nm are caused to penetrate the light-receiving surface side of the semiconductor substrate, and an insulative thin film containing an element causing a conductivity identical to or different from the conductivity of the semiconductor substrate is provided so as to form a diffusion layer on the surface of the semiconductor substrate through diffusion of the element.

The present invention discloses a multi-year regulating storage reservoir optimal scheduling method considering runoff uncertainty. The method comprises the following steps of: (1) analyzing historical reservoir runoff data; (2) establishing a runoff random simulation model, and generating a reservoir simulation annual runoff sequence; (3) simulating annual inflow runoff sequence classification and performing intra-annual distribution to obtain a three-year inflow runoff process sequence on a month scale; (4) establishing a multi-year regulating storage reservoir optimal scheduling model that considers multiple water demands; and (5) reducing dimension by using an optimization algorithm and optimizing a resolution model so as to obtain an optimal discharging and water supply decision. According to the method provided by the present invention, the scheduling with maximized comprehensive benefits of long-term multi-target operation can be performed on a multi-year regulating storage reservoir by considering runoff uncertainty, so that the method is suitable for promotion in long-term optimal scheduling of the multi-year regulating storage reservoir in China.

The invention discloses an energy-saving heat supply system with a function of reducing the temperature of heat supply return water, and belongs to the field of improvement of energy utilization efficiency. Heat exchange can be repeatedly carried out on heat sources by multistage heat exchangers, multistage absorption heat exchange units, multistage compression heat pumps and an ice making type refrigerator, accordingly, the heat supply areas can be enlarged, and the energy utilization efficiency can be improved. The energy-saving heat supply system has the advantages that the temperature of the return water of heat supply primary pipe networks can be reduced and reach 0 DEG C, the return water contains 10% of ice particles, accordingly, route heat loss of the return water of the heat supply primary pipe networks can be reduced, the temperature difference of the return water of the heat supply primary pipe networks can be increased and reaches 118 DEG C from the original 60 DEG C, the flow rate of circulating water of the heat supply primary pipe networks can be lowered, energy consumption of circulating pumps can be reduced, heat supply flow rates of a user side can be greatly increased, the delivery efficiency of the pipe networks can be improved, the heat supply scale can be expanded, waste heat of a cooling tower can be recycled, and the like.

A variable axis turbine may include multiple nested rotatable rotor assemblies. The turbine may be self-starting in slow fluid conditions while simultaneously self-limiting in fast fluid conditions. The turbine may provide omni-directional energy recovery and be self-balancing. The nested rotatable rotor assemblies may be configured to rotate independently of each other, but along the same rotational axis. Each outer nested rotor blade set may direct fluid onto the inner rotor blade sets in an aerodynamically beneficial manner. Each rotor blade set may be interconnected with a rotating generator hub that encloses a rotating generator element that rotates along with a corresponding rotor blade set for electric power generation. The blades may be “smart blades” that are sufficiently flexible to be self-configuring during rotation and soft enough to partially absorb sound. The blades may have a variable hardness and a two or more dimensional twist.

Yaw control is performed such that a nacelle faces into an actual main wind direction. The actual wind direction is estimated by detecting the main wind direction with an anemoscope (wind direction detecting means), assuming the actual wind direction by assuming a wind direction offset value, which is a deviation between the main wind direction and the actual wind direction, which is a direction of wind which blows in actual use, at a predetermined wind speed with a wind direction assuming unit (wind direction assuming means), calculating an average generator output power for a predetermined period of time in the assumed actual wind direction with an average-generator-output-power calculation unit (average-generator-output-power calculation means), approximating the average generator output power with respect to the assumed wind direction offset value to a quadratic curve with an actual wind direction estimation unit (actual wind direction estimation means), and estimating the wind direction offset value at the time when the average generator output power is the maximum in the approximated quadratic curve to be an actual offset value.

In short, the Eolic Marine Electrical Generator "GEEM" is an extraordinary invention used for capturing the huge impulse force of water or wind, to generate mechanical energy and to transform the mechanical energy into electrical energy, clean and ecological, without consuming vital oxygen thanks to the invention of immense split, self-regulating panels, radially fixed in dihedral angle to a rotary central shaft, panels which capture by shock the inexhaustible energy of the wind, the waves or the ocean currents; or fixed on rotary or flying machines of high speed, with panels formed at the same time by oscillating vanes that at a certain time of a turn of 360° will face the natural energy as a single group or panel, capturing therefrom the impulse force and converting it into rotary movement through the central rotary shaft. Said vanes in other rotation, by oscillation, will divide the panel and will align themselves with the natural vector, permitting its free passage, eliminating the turning resistance of the panel against water or wind and generating a constant rotation movement, independent of the direction of water or wind, and then transforming said mechanical energy into electrical energy by existing conventional means. The invention will allow men to renew their resources and to obtain electrical energy from anywhere in the planet such as cities, countryside, deserts, forests, mountains, seas, floating cities or spaces such as the Arctic and the Antarctic, neither polluting the environment, nor depending on costly networks or non-renewable inputs. The invention will also generate electrical energy on fleets, land vehicles or airship without consuming non-renewable fuel or destroying oxygen. Moreover, this invention replaces the internal combustion engines by eolic electrical motors, changing the scenery of the modern world and recovering the ozone lost in the Antarctic. And this invention will also be used when men in future colonize planets, without rivers or seas but with plenty of wind, to generate electrical energy without polluting this new vital space of the human race.

A solid-oxide fuel cell stack assembly comprising a plurality of sub-stacks, preferably two sub-stacks each containing one-half the total number of fuel cells. Cathode air and fuel gas are passed through the first sub-stack, wherein they are partially reacted and also heated. The exhaust cathode air and the exhaust fuel gas from the first sub-stack are directed to the respective inlets of the second sub-stack, becoming the supply cathode air and fuel gas therefor. A first heat exchanger in the flow paths between the sub-stacks and a second heat exchanger ahead of the sub-stacks can help to balance the performance of the two stacks. The result of dividing the number of cells into a plurality of sub-stacks, wherein the exhaust of one sub-stack becomes the supply for the next sub-stack, is that fuel efficiency and utilization are improved, thermal stresses are reduced, and electrical power generation is increased.

The invention discloses a combined power circulating method capable of catching carbon dioxide (CO2) by using LNG (Liquefied Natural Gas) cold energy and a system thereof. The system comprises an air separation device, an oxygen-enriched-combustion gas turbine circulation device, a high-pressure steam power circulation device, a CO2 separation and liquefaction device and an LNG cold energy power circulation device, wherein the air separation device, the oxygen-enriched-combustion gas turbine circulation device, the high-pressure steam power circulation device, the CO2 separation and liquefaction device and the LNG cold energy power circulation device utilize the LNG cold energy. According to the method and the system, electricity and high-temperature fume which is rich in CO2 and water are generated from LNG through the oxygen-enriched-combustion gas turbine circulation device, and heat is recovered from the fume through the high-pressure steam power circulation device, so as to produce high-temperature and high-pressure steam with the pressure over 18MPa and increase the power generation efficiency of natural gas; moreover, the LNG cold energy is sequentially applied to the air separation device, the LNG cold energy power circulation device and the CO2 separation and liquefaction device, and the energy consumption for CO2 catching is lowered by making full use of the LNG cold energy, so that combined power cycle has relatively high power generation efficiency and relatively high CO2 catching rate, and the efficient utilization of the LNG cold energy is realized.