Description

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The key to harnessing the sun’s power reliably can be found in Pyron Solar’s unique and proprietary 90kWp DC CPV generating system with dual axis solar tracking. It includes three, ideally spaced, 30 kWp DC arrays 15 m in diameter, all floating in water. The tracking system in azimuth is driven by small, low cost motors.

HE Optics System

Sunlight first meets the HE Optics System at its specially designed and patented, short focal-length, acrylic concentrating lens. As the rays pass through the lens, the light reflects and refracts, raising the sunlight concentration to 6,500 suns on a small pinpoint of light. A secondary optic, with its specially manufactured glass body, captures this pinpoint and deposits the concentrated solar flux evenly on a small multi-junction PV cell. Together, the elements produce 800 times more electricity than a similarly-sized silicon solar cell.

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solar tracking:

Regardless of season or time of day, Pyron Solar efficiently tracks the sun. A platform with multiple arrays, floating close to each other in shallow, evaporation-retardant water, rotate around its vertical axis with the azimuthal travel of the sun. A special gear activates a linkage to allow each floating module to track solar elevation by tilting up and down as needed. The linkages are powered by three small 6-watt motors, the same size used in children’s toys.

passive heat transfer to water:

Pyron Solar’s modules float in specially-treated water that effectively disperses the heat generated by its PV cells. Using water as a passive coolant virtually eliminates the wind issues (too much and too little) that can plague competitors. As a result, users of Pyron Solar products can expect to capture more energy, more reliably, and with less waste overall, even if the potential power of a competitor’s PV cell is claimed to be equivalent.