AIRSHIP EQUIPPED WITH A COMPACT SOLAR GENERATOR USING LOCAL CONCENTRATION AND BIFACIAL SOLAR CELLS

摘要

An airship (102) is equipped with a compact solar generator (104)using concentration to supply said airship (102) in flight with electricalenergyfrom solar radiation.The compact solar generator (104) comprises a first set (122) ofrow(s) (124, 126, 128, 130, 132) of bifacial photovoltaic solar cells,arrangedparallel to a longitudinal central axis (116) of the airship, and a solarradiationconcentrator (136) for making solar rays converge towards rear faces of thebifacial solar cells of the first set (122).The solar radiation concentrator (136) is a second set (156) of one ormore local solar radiation concentrator(s) (164, 166, 168, 170, 172), in whicheach local concentrator (164, 166, 168, 170, 172) is paired with acorresponding row of solar cells and comprises a reflector of convex formsuitable for making solar radiation converge towards the rear faces of thesolar cells of the paired row.