PLAFORM FOR THE UTILISATION OF SOLAR POWER

摘要

PCT No. PCT/EP91/00808 Sec. 371 Date Mar. 5, 1992 Sec. 102(e) Date Mar. 5, 1992 PCT Filed Apr. 26, 1991 PCT Pub. No. WO91/17573 PCT Pub. Date Nov. 14, 1991.The invention relates to a platform of the utilization of solar power which makes use of linear concentrators to beam the solar radiation for use in thermal, chemical or photovoltaic solar power converters, in which the azimuthal movement of the sun is followed by rotation about the main axis. The aim of the invention is to ensure an approximately uniform conversion rate of the solar radiation largely independently of the height of the sun while avoiding the use of a twin-axis follower system. The area available for utilizing the solar power is to be used as fully as possible as the aperture area to capture the radiation. According to the invention, a floating pipe (2, 2', 112) forming a torus is fitted as a frame for a horizontally extending planar bearer (3-4) held, by substantially evenly distributed buoyant bodies (13, 36, 46, 64a, 64b, 80b) borne by a liquid, at a vertical distance from solar power converting devices (33, 53, 73, 73', 93, 94b).