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a tile made of reinforced glass. The solar cell modules of 280 V output are sequentially formed with gaps on a long roll-shaped flex...
a tile made of reinforced glass. The solar cell modules of 280 V output are sequentially formed with gaps on a long roll-shaped flexible film substrate and the substrate is cut in accordance with the size of the roof at the gaps between adjacent modules and placed on the roof board. The output terminals exposed at the cut gap portion are connected to each other or to an inverter. 5482570 PHOTOVOLTAIC
CELL
Saurer Eric; Gratzel Michael; Meyer Tobias Bevaix, SWITZERLAND assigned to Asulab SA PCT No. PCT/EP93/0 1980 Sec. 37 1 Date Jun. 22, 1994 Sec. 102(e) Date Jun. 22, 1994 PCT Filed Jul. 24, 1993 PCT Pub. No. WO94/03930 PCT Pub. Date Feb. 17, 1994. The invention relates to a photovoltaic cell comprising a substrate having a support face having a first electrode thereon and a second electrode spaced from the first electrode by a plurality of layers including at least one layer of a semiconducting material with an active junction interface thereat, said active junction having a developed surface area greater than its projected surface area. 5482571 SOLAR
CELL
MODULE
Yamada Satoru; Mori Takahiro; Kataoka Ichiro; Itoyama Shigenori Kyoto, JAPAN assigned to Canon Kabushiki Kaisha A solar cell module, with excellent transparency, scratch resistance, weather resistance, and flame retarding property, is obtained by covering the outermost surface with a surface covering material comprising a trifluorochloroethylene-vinyl copolymer, and employing a hard film as part of the surface under the covering material trifluorochloroethylene-vinyl copolymer. The
hard film and trifluorochloroethylene-vinyl copolymer are laminated and adhered with a filler to the photovoltaic element of the solar cell module. 5483950 SOLAR DEVICE WITH AN AIR RECEIVER AND AIR RETURN Keintzel Gunter; Schmitz-Goeb Manfred; Fricker Hans W Engelskirchen, GERMANY assigned to L & C Steinmuller GmbH PCT No. PCT/EP93/0 1877 Sec. 37 1 Date Feb. 7, 1994 Sec. 102(e) Date Feb. 7, 1994 PCT 16, 1993 PCT Pub. No. Filed Jul. WO94/02788 PCT Pub. Date Feb. 3, 1994. A solar device has an air receiver with a housing and an absorber connected within the housing. The absorber is heated by solar radiation. The absorber has an upstream side and a downstream side, wherein a stream of air is guided through the absorber from the upstream side to the downstream side and heated to generate heated air and wherein said heated air is cooled to produce useable heat energy and cooled air. A device for returning at least a portion of the cooled air as return air in a plurality of partial streams to the absorber is provided for guiding the partial streams through the absorber counter to the stream of air without mixing therewith from the downstream side to the upstream side. A device for deflecting the partial stream at the upstream side is provided for deflecting the partial streams toward the upstream side. 5484257 WIND Osborn Norbert STATES
ENERGY
DEVICE
Irving, TX, 75038, UNITED
A device for generating rotating shaft power from atmospheric air includes an airfoil. A partition is disposed within the airfoil along the length thereof. The partition forms an