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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 12, 2021
Filed:
Jun. 20, 2019
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Vikas Chandan, Bangalore, IN;
Shivkumar Kalyanaraman, Bangalore, IN;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Methods, apparatus and systems for tunable photonic harvesting for solar energy conversion and dynamic shading tolerance are provided herein. A system includes a solar photovoltaic module; a sensor device operative to determine portions of the solar photovoltaic module that are underperforming; a plurality of configurable reflective surfaces, wherein: each of the configurable reflective surfaces is physically connected to the solar photovoltaic module at a given angle in relation to the surface of the solar photovoltaic module; and each of the configurable reflective surfaces is configurable based on a determination of the underperforming portions of the solar photovoltaic module to collect and distribute direct solar radiation and diffuse solar radiation across the solar photovoltaic module in a targeted manner to offset the underperforming portions by a given amount; and a heat transfer mechanism coupled to the solar photovoltaic module and operative to reduce the temperature of the solar photovoltaic module.