SOLAR MODULE WITH CONCENTRATOR AND METHOD OF MAKING SAME Russian patent published in 2016 - IPC H02S10/00 F24J2/42 

FIELD: physics.

SUBSTANCE: solar module, having a focusing prism with an acute angle Ψ₀ and a refraction index n₀ with a total internal reflection effect on the working surface on which radiation is incident, with a bean entrance angle β₀ and with a rereflection device; between a receiver and the focusing prism, in contact therewith, there is an additional rectangular prism, above which and above part of the working surface of the focusing prism of which there is an optical deflection system with beam entrance and exit surfaces, made from a plurality of miniature prisms with a refraction index n₁ and with acute angles Ψ₁, set unidirectional to the acute angle Ψ₀ of the focusing prism. The method of making the solar module includes making a focusing prism from optically transparent material; mounting a radiation receiver, a radiation rereflection device with mirror reflectors; using tempered sheet glass or a different transparent sheet material to make and seal the walls of the cavity of the focusing prism with an acute dihedral angle at the vertex of 5-25° and an additional rectangular prism and then filling the obtained chamber with an optically transparent medium; mounting the receiver air-tightly and assembling the optical deflection system.

EFFECT: high optical efficiency owing to reduced radiation losses in the module and the solar radiation concentration factor.

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