Solar power system
Abstract
A solar power system having a heat exchanger, a heat-focusing device used to receive sunlight, a power-generating device, a power-transforming device coupled to the power-generating device, and a power storage coupled to the power-transforming device is provided. The heat exchanger has a first guiding channel for a first heat-exchange fluid and a second guiding channel for a second heat-exchange fluid. Sunlight is focused to the first heat-exchange fluid flow in the first guiding channel by the heat-focusing device. One end of the power-generating device is communicated with the outlet of the second guiding channel, and the second heat-exchange fluid is suitable for driving the power-generating device to produce a mechanical energy. The power-transforming device is suitable for transforming the mechanical energy into an electric power and storing the electric power into the power storage.
Claims
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1 . A solar power system, suitable for converting sunlight to an electric power, comprising:
a heat exchanger, including at least a first fin and at least a second fin, each first fin has a first body, a first communicating-groove structure, a second communicating-groove structure, and a first connecting-groove structure, the first communicating-groove structure, the second communicating-groove structure, and the first connecting-groove structure are disposed in the first body, each second fin has a second body, a third communicating-groove structure, a fourth communicating-groove structure, and a second connecting-groove structure, the third communicating-groove structure, the fourth communicating-groove structure, and the second connecting-groove structure are disposed in the second body, each first fin and each second fin are contacted along a assembly axis, the first communicating-groove structure and the second communicating-groove structure are communicated with the second connecting-groove structure, the third communicating-groove structure and the fourth communicating-groove structure are communicated with the first connecting-groove structure, the first communicating-groove structure, the second connecting-groove structure, and the second communicating-groove structure constitute a first guiding channel, the third communicating-groove structure, the first connecting-groove structure, and the fourth communicating-groove structure constitute a second guiding channel, wherein a first heat-exchange fluid flows in the first guiding channel, a second heat-exchange fluid flows in the second guiding channel; a heat-focusing device, suitable for receiving sunlight and focusing to the first heat-exchange fluid in the first guiding channel; a power-generating device, one end of the power-generating device is communicated with a outlet of the second guiding channel, and the second heat-exchange fluid is suitable for driving the power-generating device to produce a mechanical energy; a power-transforming device, connected to the power-generating device, and suitable for transforming the mechanical energy into a electric power; and a power storage, connected to the power-transforming device, and the electric power is stored in the power storage.
2 . The solar power system as recited in claim 1 , wherein the first communicating-groove structure and the second communicating-groove structure are disposed in the two sides of the first body respectively, the third communicating-groove structure and the fourth communicating-groove structure are disposed in the two sides of the second body respectively, the projection area of the first communicating-groove structure of the first fin in the second body and the projection area of the second communicating-groove structure in the second body are not overlapped with the third communicating-groove structure and the fourth communicating-groove structure, the projection area of the first connecting-groove structure of the first fin in the second body is not overlapped with the second connecting-groove structure, the first guiding channel and the second guiding channel are not communicated with each other, and each first fin and each second fin are staggered along the assembly axis, the second fin is an inverted state of the first fin.
3 . The solar power system as recited in claim 1 , wherein the projection area of the first communicating-groove structure in the second body and the projection area of the second communicating-groove structure in the second body are overlapped with the second connecting-groove structure respectively, the projection area of the third communicating-groove structure and the fourth communicating-groove structure of the second fin in the first body is overlapped with the first connecting-groove structure respectively.
4 . The solar power system as recited in claim 1 , wherein the heat exchanger further includes a third fin and a fourth fin, the fourth fin is an inverted state of the third fin, the third fin and the fourth fin are disposed in the two sides of the assembly of the first fin and the second fin along the assembly axis respectively, the third fin has a first inlet structure and a first outlet structure, the fourth fin has a second inlet structure and a second the outlet structure, the first inlet structure and the first outlet structure are connected to the two ends of the first guiding channel, the second inlet structure and the second outlet structure are connected to the two ends of the second guiding channel, the first inlet structure is communicated with the first communicating-groove structure, the first outlet structure is communicated with the second communicating-groove structure, the second inlet structure is communicated with the third communicating-groove structure, the second outlet structure is communicated with the fourth communicating-groove structure.
5 . The solar power system as recited in claim 1 , wherein the heat exchanger further includes at least a fifth fin, each fifth fin is disposed between the first fin and the second fin along the assembly axis, each fifth fin has a first through hole, a second through hole, a third through hole, and a fourth through hole, the first through hole and the second through hole are communicated with the first guiding channel, the third through hole and the fourth through hole are communicated with the second guiding channel, one side of the first through hole and the second through hole is communicated with the first communicating-groove structure and the second communicating-groove structure respectively, another side of the first through hole and the second through hole is communicated with the two ends of the second connecting-groove structure respectively, one side of the third through hole and the fourth through hole is communicated with the third communicating-groove structure and the fourth communicating-groove structure respectively, another side of the third through hole and the fourth through hole is communicated with the two ends of the first connecting-groove structure respectively.
6 . The solar power system as recited in claim 1 , wherein the other end of the power-generating device is communicated with the inlet of the second guiding channel.
7 . The solar power system as recited in claim 1 , further includes a first heat-exchange fluid tank, a control valve, a second heat-exchange fluid tank, a control module, and a pump, wherein the first heat-exchange fluid is oil, the second heat-exchange fluid is water, the first heat-exchange fluid tank has a first heat-exchange fluid tank-inlet and a first heat-exchange fluid tank-outlet, the first heat-exchange fluid tank-inlet is communicated with the outlet of the first guiding channel, the first heat-exchange fluid tank-outlet is communicated with the inlet of the first guiding channel, the control valve is disposed between the outlet of the first guiding channel and the first heat-exchange fluid tank, the power-generating device is suitable for controlling a open state and a close state of the control valve, the second heat-exchange fluid tank is used to store the second heat-exchange fluid, and disposed between the power-generating device and the inlet of the second guiding channel, the control module is suitable for detecting the flow of the second heat-exchange fluid, and when the flow of the second heat-exchange fluid is lower than a default value, the control module controls the second heat-exchange fluid tank to be the open state to process a supplement, the pump is used to drive the first heat-exchange fluid and the second heat-exchange fluid.
8 . A solar power system, suitable for converting sunlight to an electric power, comprising:
a heat exchanger, including at least first fin and at least a second fin, each first fin has a first body, a first communicating-groove structure, a second communicating-groove structure, and a first connecting-groove structure, the first communicating-groove structure, the second communicating-groove structure, and the first connecting-groove structure are disposed in the first body, the first connecting-groove structure has multiple first connecting-groove assemblies arranged in the first body along a disposing axis, each second fin has a second body, a third communicating-groove structure, a fourth communicating-groove structure, and a second connecting-groove structure, the third communicating-groove structure, the fourth communicating-groove structure, and the second connecting-groove structure are disposed in the second body, the second connecting-groove structure has multiple second connecting-groove assemblies arranged in the second body along the disposing axis, each first fin and each second fin are connected along a assembly axis, the second connecting-groove assemblies are communicated with the first communicating-groove structure and the second communicating-groove structure, the first connecting-groove assemblies are communicated with the third communicating-groove structure and the fourth communicating-groove structure, the first communicating-groove structure, the second connecting-groove structure, and the second communicating-groove structure constitute a first guiding channel, the third communicating-groove structure, the first connecting-groove structure, and the fourth communicating-groove structure constitute a second guiding channel, wherein a first heat-exchange fluid flows in the first guiding channel, a second heat-exchange fluid flows in the second guiding channel; a heat-focusing device, suitable for receiving sunlight and focusing to the first heat-exchange fluid in the first guiding channel; a power-generating device, one end of the power-generating device is communicated with a outlet of the second guiding channel, and the second heat-exchange fluid is suitable for driving the power-generating device to produce a mechanical energy; a power-transforming device, connected to the power-generating device, and suitable for transforming the mechanical energy into a electric power; and a power storage, connected to the power-transforming device, and the electric power is stored in the power storage.
9 . The solar power system as recited in claim 8 , wherein one end of each second connecting-groove assembly of the second fin is overlapped with the first communicating-groove structure of the adjacent first fin in a connecting axis, the other end of each second connecting-groove assembly is overlapped with the second communicating-groove structure of the first fin, one end of each first connecting-groove assembly of the first fin is overlapped with the third communicating-groove structure of the adjacent second fin along the connecting axis, the other end of each first connecting-groove assembly is overlapped with the fourth communicating-groove structure of the second fin.
10 . The solar power system as recited in claim 9 , wherein the assembly axis, the disposing axis, and the connecting axis are vertical to each other, each first fin and each second fin are staggered along the assembly axis, the first guiding channel and the second guiding channel are not communicated with each other, and the second fin is an inverted state of the first fin.
11 . The solar power system as recited in claim 9 , wherein the first communicating-groove structure has multiple first communicating-groove assemblies arranged in the first body along the disposing axis, the third communicating-groove structure has multiple third communicating-groove assemblies arranged in the second body along the disposing axis, one end of each second connecting-groove assembly of the second fin is overlapped with the first communicating-groove assembly of the adjacent first fin along the connecting axis, the other end of each second connecting-groove assembly is overlapped with the second communicating-groove structure along the connecting axis, one end of each first connecting-groove assembly of the first fin is overlapped with the third communicating-groove assembly of the adjacent second fin along the connecting axis, the other end of each first connecting-groove assembly is overlapped with the fourth communicating-groove structure along the connecting axis, the first communicating-groove assemblies and the first connecting-groove assemblies arranged in the first body are staggered along the disposing axis, the third communicating-groove assemblies and the second connecting-groove assemblies arranged in the second body are staggered along the disposing axis.
12 . The solar power system as recited in claim 11 , wherein each first communicating-groove assembly has at least a first communicating-groove unit arranged in the first body along the connecting axis, each first connecting-groove assembly has at least a first connecting-groove unit arranged in the first body along the connecting axis, each third communicating-groove assembly has at least a third communicating-groove unit arranged in the second body along the connecting axis, each second connecting-groove assembly has at least a second connecting-groove unit arranged in the second body along the connecting axis, one end of the second connecting-groove unit of the second fin is overlapped with one end of the first communicating-groove unit of the adjacent first fin, the other end of the second connecting-groove unit is overlapped with one end of another first communicating-groove unit of the first fin or the second communicating-groove structure of the first fin, one end of the first connecting-groove unit of the first fin is overlapped with one end of the third communicating-groove unit of the adjacent second fin, the other end of the first connecting-groove unit is overlapped with one end of another third communicating-groove unit of the second fin or the fourth communicating-groove structure of the second fin.
13 . The solar power system as recited in claim 12 , wherein the two first communicating-groove units overlapped with the second connecting-groove unit are arranged in the first body along the connecting axis closely, and the two third communicating-groove units overlapped with the first connecting-groove unit are arranged in the second body along the connecting axis closely.
14 . The solar power system as recited in claim 8 , wherein the heat exchanger further includes a third fin and a fourth fin, the fourth fin is an inverted state of the third fin, the third fin and the fourth fin are disposed in the two sides of the assembly of the first fin and the second fin along the assembly axis respectively, the third fin has a first inlet structure and a first outlet structure, the fourth fin has a second inlet structure and a second the outlet structure, the first inlet structure and the first outlet structure are connected to the two ends of the first guiding channel, the second inlet structure and the second outlet structure are connected to the two ends of the second guiding channel, the first inlet structure is communicated with the first communicating-groove structure, the first outlet structure is communicated with the second communicating-groove structure, the second inlet structure is communicated with the third communicating-groove structure, the second outlet structure is communicated with the fourth communicating-groove structure.
15 . The solar power system as recited in claim 14 , wherein the heat exchanger further includes a fifth fin and a sixth fin, the fifth fin and the sixth fin are disposed in the two sides of the assembly of each first fin, each second fin, each third fin, and each fourth fin along the assembly axis respectively, the fifth fin has a first through hole and a second through hole, the sixth fin has a third through hole and a fourth through hole, one side of the first inlet structure is communicated with the first communicating-groove structure, another side of the first inlet structure is communicated with the first through hole, one side of the first outlet structure is communicated with the second communicating-groove structure, another side of the first outlet structure is communicated with the second through hole, one side of the second inlet structure is communicated with the third communicating-groove structure, another side of the second inlet structure is communicated with the third through hole, one side of the second outlet structure is communicated with the fourth communicating-groove structure, another side of the second outlet structure is communicated with the fourth through hole, the sixth fin is the inverted state of the fifth fin.
16 . The solar power system as recited in claim 8 , wherein the other end of the power-generating device is communicated with the inlet of the second guiding channel.
17 . The solar power system as recited in claim 8 , further includes a first heat-exchange fluid tank, a control valve, a second heat-exchange fluid tank, a control module, and a pump, wherein the first heat-exchange fluid is oil, the second heat-exchange fluid is water, the first heat-exchange fluid tank has a first heat-exchange fluid tank-inlet and a first heat-exchange fluid tank-outlet, the first heat-exchange fluid tank-inlet is communicated with the outlet of the first guiding channel, the first heat-exchange fluid tank-outlet is communicated with the inlet of the first guiding channel, the control valve is disposed between the outlet of the first guiding channel and the first heat-exchange fluid tank, the power-generating device is suitable for controlling a open state and a close state of the control valve, the second heat-exchange fluid tank is used to store the second heat-exchange fluid, and disposed between the power-generating device and the inlet of the second guiding channel, the control module is suitable for detecting the flow of the second heat-exchange fluid, when the flow of the second heat-exchange fluid is lower than a default value, the control module controls the second heat-exchange fluid tank to be the open state to process a supplement, the pump is used to drive the first heat-exchange fluid and the second heat-exchange fluid.
18 . A solar power system, suitable for converting sunlight to an electric power, comprising:
a heat exchanger, including at least a first fin and at least a second fin, each first fin has a first body, a first communicating-groove structure, a second communicating-groove structure, and a first connecting-groove structure, the first communicating-groove structure, the second communicating-groove structure, and the first connecting-groove structure are disposed in the first body, the first communicating-groove structure has multiple first communicating-groove assemblies arranged in the first body along a disposing axis, the first connecting-groove structure has multiple first connecting-groove assemblies arranged in the first body along the disposing axis, each first communicating-groove assembly has multiple first communicating-groove units arranged in the first body along a connecting axis, each first connecting-groove assembly has multiple first connecting-groove units arranged in the first body along the connecting axis, each second fin has a second body, a third communicating-groove structure, a fourth communicating-groove structure, and a second connecting-groove structure, the third communicating-groove structure, the fourth communicating-groove structure, and the second connecting-groove structure are disposed in the second body, wherein the third communicating-groove structure has multiple third communicating-groove assemblies arranged in the second body along the disposing axis, the second connecting-groove structure has multiple second connecting-groove assemblies arranged in the second body along the disposing axis, each third communicating-groove assembly has multiple third communicating-groove units arranged in the second body along the connecting axis, each second connecting-groove assembly has multiple second connecting-groove units arranged in the second body along the connecting axis, each first fin and each second fin are connected along a assembly axis, the second connecting-groove assemblies are communicated with the first communicating-groove structure and the second communicating-groove structure, the first connecting-groove assemblies are communicated with the third communicating-groove structure and the fourth communicating-groove structure, the first communicating-groove unit of each first communicating-groove assembly is staggered with the adjacent first communicating-groove unit, the first connecting-groove unit of each first connecting-groove assembly is staggered with the adjacent connecting-groove unit, the third communicating-groove unit of each third communicating-groove assembly is staggered with the adjacent third communicating-groove unit, the second connecting-groove unit of each second connecting-groove assembly is staggered with the adjacent second connecting-groove unit, the first communicating-groove structure, the second connecting-groove structure, and the second communicating-groove structure constitute a first guiding channel, the third communicating-groove structure, the first connecting-groove structure, and the fourth communicating-groove structure constitute a second guiding channel, wherein a first heat-exchange fluid flows in the first guiding channel, a second heat-exchange fluid flows in the second guiding channel; a heat-focusing device, suitable for receiving sunlight and focusing to the first heat-exchange fluid in the first guiding channel; a power-generating device, one end of the power-generating device is communicated with a outlet of the second guiding channel, and the second heat-exchange fluid is suitable for driving the power-generating device to produce a mechanical energy; a power-transforming device, connected to the power-generating device, and suitable for transforming the mechanical energy into a electric power; and a power storage, connected to the power-transforming device, and the electric power is stored in the power storage.
19 . The solar power system as recited in claim 18 , wherein one end of each second connecting-groove assembly of the second fin is overlapped with the first communicating-groove structure of the adjacent first fin along the connecting axis, the other end of each second connecting-groove assembly is overlapped with the second communicating-groove structure of the first fin, one end of each first connecting-groove assembly of the first fin is overlapped with the third communicating-groove structure of the adjacent second fin along the connecting axis, the other end of each first connecting-groove assembly is overlapped with the fourth communicating-groove structure of the second fin.
20 . The solar power system as recited in claim 19 , wherein one end of the second connecting-groove unit of the second fin is overlapped with one end of the first communicating-groove unit of the adjacent first fin, the other end of the second connecting-groove unit is overlapped with one end of another first communicating-groove unit of the first fin or the second communicating-groove structure of the first fin, one end of the first connecting-groove unit of the first fin is overlapped with one end of the third communicating-groove unit of the adjacent second fin, the other end of the first connecting-groove unit is overlapped with one end of another third communicating-groove unit of the second fin or the fourth communicating-groove structure of the second fin.
21 . The solar power system as recited in claim 20 , wherein the two first communicating-groove units overlapped with the second connecting-groove unit are arranged in the first body along the connecting axis closely, and the two third communicating-groove units overlapped with the first connecting-groove unit are arranged in the second body along the connecting axis closely.
22 . The solar power system as recited in claim 18 , wherein the second connecting-groove unit of the second fin is communicated with the two adjacent first communicating-groove units of the first fin arranged along the disposing axis and the two adjacent first communicating-groove units arranged along the connecting axis, the first connecting-groove unit of the first fin is communicated with the two adjacent third communicating-groove units of the second fin arranged along the disposing axis and the two adjacent third communicating-groove units arranged along the connecting axis.
23 . The solar power system as recited in claim 18 , wherein the second communicating-groove structure has multiple second communicating-groove units arranged in the first body along the disposing axis, each second communicating-groove unit is arranged in one side of the corresponding first communicating-groove assembly along the connecting axis, the fourth communicating-groove structure has multiple fourth communicating-groove units arranged in the second body along the disposing axis, each fourth communicating-groove unit is arranged in one side of the corresponding third communicating-groove assembly along the connecting axis.
24 . The solar power system as recited in claim 18 , wherein the first communicating-groove structure further includes a first mainstream channel, each first communicating-groove assembly constitutes to a tributary channel connected with the first mainstream channel along the connecting axis, the first connecting-groove structure further includes a second mainstream channel, each first connecting-groove assembly constitutes to another tributary channel connected with the second mainstream channel along the connecting axis, the third communicating-groove structure further includes a third mainstream channel, each third communicating-groove assembly constitutes to another tributary channel connected with the third mainstream channel along the connecting axis, the second connecting-groove structure further includes a fourth mainstream channel, each second connecting-groove assembly is connected with the fourth mainstream channel along the connecting axis, the first mainstream channel and the fourth mainstream channel are communicated with each other, the third mainstream channel and the second mainstream channel are communicated with each other.
25 . The solar power system as recited in claim 24 , wherein the projection area of the second connecting-groove structure in the first body is overlapped with the first communicating-groove structure and the second communicating-groove structure, the projection area of the first connecting-groove structure in the second body is overlapped with the third communicating-groove structure and the fourth communicating-groove structure, the first communicating-groove structure, the first connecting-groove structure, the third communicating-groove structure, and the second connecting-groove structure are similar to the “claw” type structure or the “E” type structure.
26 . The solar power system as recited in claim 25 , wherein the first communicating-groove structure and the first connecting-groove structure are embedded in the first body, the third communicating-groove structure and the second connecting-groove structure are embedded in the first body, the second communicating-groove structure is disposed between the second mainstream channel and the first communicating-groove structure, the fourth communicating-groove structure is disposed between the fourth mainstream channel and the third communicating-groove structure.
27 . The solar power system as recited in claim 18 , wherein the heat exchanger further includes a third fin and a fourth fin, the third fin and the fourth fin are disposed in the two sides of the assembly of the first fin and the second fin along the assembly axis respectively, the third fin has a first inlet structure and a first outlet structure, the fourth fin has a second inlet structure and a second the outlet structure, the first inlet structure and the first outlet structure are connected to the two ends of the first guiding channel, the second inlet structure and the second outlet structure are connected to the two ends of the second guiding channel, the first inlet structure is communicated with the first communicating-groove structure, the first outlet structure is communicated with the second communicating-groove structure, the second inlet structure is communicated with the third communicating-groove structure, the second outlet structure is communicated with the fourth communicating-groove structure.
28 . The solar power system as recited in claim 27 , further includes a fifth fin and a sixth fin, the fifth fin and the sixth fin are disposed in the two sides of the assembly of each first fin, each second fin, each third fin, and each fourth fin along the assembly axis respectively, the fifth fin has a first through hole and a second through hole, the sixth fin has a third through hole and a fourth through hole, one side of the first inlet structure is communicated with the first communicating-groove structure, another side of the first inlet structure is communicated with the first through hole, one side of the first outlet structure is communicated with the second communicating-groove structure, and another side of the first outlet structure is communicated with the second through hole, one side of the second inlet structure is communicated with the third communicating-groove structure, and another side of the second inlet structure is communicated with the third through hole, one side of the second outlet structure is communicated with the fourth communicating-groove structure, and another side of the second outlet structure is communicated with the fourth through hole.
29 . The solar power system as recited in claim 18 , wherein the other end of the power-generating device is communicated with the inlet of the second guiding channel.
30 . The solar power system as recited in claim 18 , further includes a first heat-exchange fluid tank, a control valve, a second heat-exchange fluid tank, a control module, and a pump, wherein the first heat-exchange fluid is oil, the second heat-exchange fluid is water, the first heat-exchange fluid tank has a first heat-exchange fluid tank-inlet and a first heat-exchange fluid tank-outlet, the first heat-exchange fluid tank-inlet is communicated with the outlet of the first guiding channel, the first heat-exchange fluid tank-outlet is communicated with the inlet of the first guiding channel, the control valve is disposed between the outlet of the first guiding channel and the first heat-exchange fluid tank, the power-generating device is suitable for controlling a open state and a close state of the control valve, the second heat-exchange fluid tank is used to store the second heat-exchange fluid, and disposed between the power-generating device and the inlet of the second guiding channel, the control module is suitable for detecting the flow of the second heat-exchange fluid, when the flow of the second heat-exchange fluid is lower than a default value, the control module controls the second heat-exchange fluid tank to be the open state to process a supplement, the pump is used to drive the first heat-exchange fluid and the second heat-exchange fluid.Join the waitlist — get patent alerts
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