CPV Concentrated Photovoltaic is a promising technology. Many companies and research groups are working on cost containment offering a lower per watt energy alternative. Future residential solar power systems. Solar job career opportunity.
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Solar cell outside wired to string of LED lights? Doesn’t seem too tricky. Not going to be able to run a full house current lighting system though without a full solar panel system, etc.
Mineral oil and a sealed container seems like a better cooling option. In fact… if you had a focused sunsource that heated a tank of mineral oil at the same time it ran a solar cell being cooled in the tank, you could use the solar power to both pump mineral oil from heated tank to heat exchanger inside your house and to run a fan on the heat exchanger fan. Self contained solar forced air heater.
Sound goods. With a square glass so sun shines through better will help. Would be nice to see a larger version of this and see the increased output vs regular output. See what it’s peak can be in water. Nice work.
@FatoDrunkoAndoStupid watch?v=6huF1yWOEZQ
Great video!
I’ve been working on finding a way to use solar power to light my home during the day but haven’t quite found a working solution. Any ideas?
hey that´s a good idea !
I’m building one and not using dish, but rather fresnel lenses. Of coarse tracking would be an expense for both PV and CPV and cooling is not that expensive. But whatever Dan, it’s nothing but a thing.
1 mega watt 15¢ a watt for a complete system. $150,000 for 2000 square meters of precision reflectors. no way.
@STARFIRESOLAR They are actually not cheaper when the cooling and dish system is considered. 1000x sun CPV is $.75 a watt.
CPV cells are WAY LESS expensive than regular PV panels. The price will have to drop WAY DOWN to compete with CPV cells.
Would you know the temperature that a PV cell is damaged? We up here in Canada have the advantage of a natural cooling system for 4 months of the year.
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Wow thanks for answering my question. I was expecting a letter or something, but a video is just that much better. Thanks!!!
I was thinking where to get solar panels for free to build solar produced air for a wood gas stove to use in developing nations so the peopel would get the most out of the wood they used to cook with. With what we throw away old coffee cans or any 111 oz can and a 24 oz & a small tomato paste can one piece of tin I can build a stove that will cook very well. Wish we could send a decom carrier loaded with shipping containers there they would never die in another quake.
So you could boil water and boost solar in one shot. Nice!
Interesting