METHOD OF CONVERTING SOLAR ENERGY AND DEVICE FOR ITS IMPLEMENTATION Russian patent published in 2016 - IPC H02S99/00 

FIELD: energy.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to alternative (solar) power industry and can be used for conversion of solar energy into electrical energy. For this purpose, the device comprises a frame supporting a sensor of perpendicularity of sun rays and solar battery. Behind the solar battery in the area lit by the sun there are reflecting flat surfaces that are mechanically connected with the frame; planes of the reflecting flat surfaces are located at an angle which defines how the reflected sun rays hit the reverse side of the solar battery, wherein the incident sun rays hitting the reflecting flat surfaces pass through optical lenses. Reflecting flat surfaces can be shaped as a truncated cone or pyramid depending on the shape of the solar battery. Surfaces may be combined into an optical lens or a Fresnel lens, which have the shape of a ring, and also can a flexible inflatable reflecting surface. Thermoelectric generators can be arranged on the reverse side of the solar battery; external (hot) contacts of the thermoelectric generators are submerged in the solution of melted salts.

EFFECT: technical result consists in the increase of surface density of solar energy acting on the surface of the solar batteries or the junctions of the thermoelectric generator which occurs due to total reflection of sun rays from the reflecting surfaces irradiated with radiation energy passing through the optical lenses.

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