SOLAR POWER SYSTEMS

摘要

A solar power system (11) which comprises a plurality of solar energy collecting means (10,10a,10b,10c) respectively comprising a platform assembly (16,16a,16b,16c) floating on liquid in a liquid reservoir (14,14a,14b,14c), each platform assembly carrying solar energy concentrators or collectors and respective reservoirs (14,14a,14b,14c), being interconnected in series and arranged in a cascading relationship such that the flooding of a platform assembly (16,16a,16b,16c) in one reservoir (14,14a,14b,14c), for protection of the concentrators or collectors under liquid displaces liquid in that reservoir (14,14a,14b,14c), and causes the flooding of an adjacent lower platform assembly (16,16a,16b,16c) to protect the concentrators or collectors carried thereon.

主权项

1. A solar power system comprising a plurality of solar energy collecting means, each said collecting means comprising a platform assembly floating on liquid in a liquid reservoir, said platform assembly carrying solar energy concentrators or collectors, means for directing liquid onto each platform assembly for flooding said platform assembly and to submerge said concentrators or collectors for protection of said concentrators or collectors under liquid, respective said reservoirs being arranged in a cascading relationship such that the liquid displaced by the flooding of a platform assembly causes the flooding of an adjacent lower platform assembly.