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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 09, 2012
Filed:
Jun. 23, 2009
Yuri Kokotov, Jerusalem, IL;
Michael A. Reyz, Rockville, MD (US);
Joseph Fisher, Jerusalem, IL;
Solaris Synergy Ltd., Jerusalem, IL;
Abstract
A solar power generation system includes a plurality of individual modules, each formed from a photovoltaic cell, a solar concentrator, a sealed evaporative cooling system and a heat sink. The solar concentrator focuses sunlight onto a front side the cell to generate electricity. The cooling system circulates a coolant in a liquid state to an evaporative cooling chamber having a wall defined at least partially by a back side of the cell to remove heat from the cell by direct contact between the coolant and the cell, and emits coolant in a vapor state to a condenser where the vapor coolant is condensed to a liquid state. The heat sink may be any suitable body of water, such that the condenser may be at least partially submerged therein. The modules are combined to form a platform that is rotated on the body of water by a drive device to provide tracking of the sun.