A METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR A SOLAR BALL LENS CONCENTRATOR AND TRACKER DEVICE AND METHOD

摘要

A solar energy collecting and concentrating system which includes a planar array of optical concentrating lens, for concentrating the sun energy and imaging the solar energy onto a two dimensional image formation area. A solar cell is used for converting said energy collected onto said formation area into other form of useful energy. A sun position detector is capable of tracking the sun's momentary location. A tracking subsystem consisting of a mechanical mechanism and an electronic control is capable of placing the solar cell in the image formation area to coincide with the suns momentary image location.