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seminar report on the spherical sun power generator
German Architect Andre Broessel believes he has a solution that can “squeeze more juice out of the sun”, even during the night hours and in low-light regions. His company Rawlemon has created a spherical sun power generator prototype called the beta.ray. His technology will combine spherical geometry principles with a dual axis tracking system, allowing twice the yield of a conventional solar panel in a much smaller surface area. The futuristic design is fully rotational and is suitable for inclined surfaces, walls of buildings, and anywhere with access to the sky. It can even be used as an electric car charging station. Scroll down for photos and videos…
“The beta.ray comes with a hybrid collector to convert daily electricity and thermal energy at the same time. While reducing the silicon cell area to 25% with the equivalent power output by using our ultra transmission Ball Lens point focusing concentrator, it operates at efficiency levels of nearly 57% in hybrid mode. At nighttime the Ball Lens can transform into a high-power lamp to illuminate your location, simply by using a few LED’s. The station is designed for off grid conditions as well as to supplement buildings’ consumption of electricity and thermal circuits like hot water.”
“The Future is not Green, it is Transparent”. This is the motto of Rawlemon, an energy company. Rawlemon has created a spherical sun power generator prototype called the beta.ray. The brainchild of German Architect Andre Broessel, who believes his solution can “squeeze more juice out of the sun”, even during the night hours. This could pave the way for efficient solar conversion in low-light areas.
Conventional solar panels have to face the sun’s rays at 90° for efficient conversion. So stationary solar panels have inefficient solar conversion. The size and cost of the traditional solar PVs are high, not to mention sensitivity to weather impact. The beta.ray uses the spherical geometry to create a simple optical phenomenon and concentrates the diffused light from the sun through a ball lens to a collector which contains the solar PV panels.
The collector is mounted on a dual axis tracking system, which is travelling with the sun, so that it faces the sun perpendicularly at all times. So effectively, all this allows for twice the yield of a conventional solar panel in a much smaller surface area. The fully rotational spherical solar power generator is suitable for inclined surfaces and walls of buildings. Furthermore, they claim a maximum of 99% transparency. This allows for a full building integration.