Solar Reflector Layout for Uniform Multi-Focus Power Generation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing solar power generation technologies face inefficiencies due to non-uniform solar concentration, heat loss, and inability to adapt to environmental changes, leading to reduced efficiency and potential damage from overcurrent and eddy currents.
Innovation Solution
A solar power generator with a reflector that forms an infinite number of focal regions on a solar collector, adjusting reflection angles and positions to ensure uniform power generation, using a power generation controller to manage power distribution and prevent overcurrent.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If a single focus or approximate single focus is used to concentrate sunlight, then solar concentration efficiency is improved, but excessive heat is transferred to heat storage positions causing losses and reduced efficiency
Solution Approach 1:
The invention divides the concentrated sunlight into multiple focal points distributed across the solar collector surface rather than concentrating all energy at a single point. This segmentation of the focal region allows uniform heat distribution across multiple photovoltaic cells, preventing excessive heat concentration at one location and reducing thermal losses.
Solution Approach 2:
The invention creates different local conditions across the solar collector by distributing focal points to different areas. Each region receives appropriate solar concentration tailored to its position, ensuring uniform power generation across the collector surface while avoiding excessive heat at any single location.
2Adaptability or versatility
If a finite number of focuses are used, then sunlight is supplied in a dispersed manner, but sufficient solar concentration efficiency cannot be secured because sunlight is ununiformly concentrated
Solution Approach 1:
The invention uses a plurality of plane mirrors that can be dynamically adjusted in angle and position to create and move multiple focal points across the solar collector. This dynamic adjustment allows the system to adapt to different operating conditions while maintaining uniform sunlight distribution and high concentration efficiency simultaneously.
Solution Approach 2:
The invention transitions from a single-point focus (zero-dimensional) to a distributed focal region across the collector surface (two-dimensional). By spreading focal points across the surface area rather than concentrating at one point, the system achieves both dispersed sunlight supply and uniform concentration.
3Productivity
If existing reflectors are used, then sunlight concentration is achieved, but the reflectors cannot actively respond to weather conditions by modifying widths, shapes, or other parameters
Solution Approach 1:
The invention incorporates adjustable plane mirrors that can change their angles and positions in response to environmental conditions such as weather changes. This dynamic capability allows the reflector system to adapt its configuration to optimize performance under varying atmospheric conditions, unlike fixed reflectors.
Solution Approach 2:
The system includes control means that can detect and respond to changes in solar position and atmospheric conditions, automatically adjusting the mirror angles and positions to maintain optimal sunlight concentration and uniform focal distribution across the collector.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
Enables efficient, uniform solar power generation by distributing sunlight evenly across the collector, preventing heat loss and damage, and adapting to environmental changes, ensuring stable power supply.
Implementation Method 1
a reflector configured to reflect incident sunlight and direct the sunlight to a solar collector
Implementation Method 2
the solar collector driven to receive the sunlight from the reflector
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AI summary
A solar power generator for forming a uniform focal region is proposed. The proposed relates to a solar power generator for forming a uniform focal region and, more particularly, to a solar power generator for forming a uniform focal region and, the solar power generator being capable of forming the uniform focal region in a specific area with an infinite number of focuses by reflected sunlight, controlling the focal region by adjusting an angle and width according to position changes of the focal region due to optical path distortion, and controlling generated power according to purpose of use.