Optical Transfer of Heat with Electrical and Light Output (OTHELLO)

具有电和光输出的光学热传递 (OTHELLO)

• 批准号: 104002
• 金额: $ 37.36万
• 依托单位: PHOTON ENGINEERS LTD
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Collaborative R&D
• 财政年份: 2018
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2018 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=104002
• 关键词: Optical; Transfer; Heat; Electrical; Light

With demand for clean, reliable and affordable energy rapidly growing, the ability to apply the solar spectrum wherever sunlight is available becomes ever more important. By combining valuable unexploited strengths of thin film Photovoltaics (PV) and solar optics we co-generate electricity and high temperature heat with the part of the spectrum not used by PV, without sacrificing the level of electricity generation for PV alone, unlike existing products. The optics generates high enough temperatures to efficiently drive air conditioning, refrigeration, and even cooking. As the thermal part can be fabricated at little extra cost this approach is economic even without the benefits of increasing useful energy per square metre. High-rise buildings are particularly challenging in this respect but our system can be designed for economic production of energy on walls receiving direct sunlight. This makes it possible to provide cooling in Summer, heating in winter and refrigeration at any time, allowing the panels to be sized for maximum load and offering these services at the point where they are needed in the building, a space efficient and city friendly solution wherever the markets can respond to the relentless demand for better living standards.

随着对清洁、可靠和负担得起的能源的需求迅速增长，在有阳光的地方应用太阳光谱的能力变得越来越重要。通过结合薄膜光伏 (PV) 和太阳能光学的宝贵的未开发优势，我们与光伏未使用的部分光谱共同产生电力和高温热能，而不像现有产品那样牺牲光伏单独的发电水平。光学器件产生足够高的温度，可以有效地驱动空调、制冷，甚至烹饪。由于热部件的制造成本很低，因此即使没有增加每平方米有用能量的好处，这种方法也是经济的。高层建筑在这方面尤其具有挑战性，但我们的系统可以设计用于在接受直射阳光的墙壁上经济地生产能量。这使得可以随时提供夏季制冷、冬季供暖和制冷，从而可以根据最大负载调整面板尺寸，并在建筑物需要的地方提供这些服务，这是一种空间高效且城市友好的解决方案只要市场能够满足人们对提高生活水平的不懈需求。