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Sky Power Solutions Announces Proprietary Heat Dissipation Technology

March 21, 2012 by Jeff Shepard

Sky Power Solutions, a specialist in the development and marketing of next generation lithium-ion powered batteries worldwide and a developer of residential, Solar Concentrating, Electric Power Generation Systems able to produce in excess of 2,000 watts (2 Kilowatts (kw)) of electric power, with additional heat output for heating water, using sunlight as the only fuel, has achieved significant advancements in the area of heat dissipation utilizing proprietary technology, combing two components into one unit enhancing the overall operation and functional aspect of the device.

Using a Parabolic Dish, the Sky Power Solutions’ unit concentrates the power of 1,000 suns onto a focal point creating a tremendous amount of heat in addition to the electrical output generated from the Concentrating Photovoltaic cells. This recent breakthrough provides efficient heat dissipation while allowing the Photovoltaic Cells to function within a safe temperature range, and utilizes the heat output in the household water heating system.

Taking advantage of the elements of the existing unit, the Sky Power Engineering team realized that by using copper as the primary heat sink and simply splitting the heat sink to allow for electrical current flow, they could not only easily dissipate heat from the cells, they also capture the heat to provide household hot water. This also eliminated the need for very delicate electronic connections as the heat sink itself is the connection resulting in a significant enhancement relating to the anticipated life expectancy of the unit overall.

Individual Photovoltaic (PV) Cells are mounted to a Boron Nitride Ceramic insulator which is in turn mounted to a larger copper heat sink that is water cooled. Users of the Sky Power Residential Standalone unit will be able to capture the heat resulting from the concentration of solar power to provide hot water to their house, working in conjunction with the existing water heater, thereby reducing the amount of energy users need for heating water.

By mounting the cells to the heat sink in this manner, Sky Power has been able to create a modular cell that can be mounted in many different arrays with a very high packing factor, therefore getting the most energy possible from the concentrated sunlight.

The unique design of the Sky Power Solutions Residential system gives homeowners, for the first time, access to advanced concentrating Photovoltaic technology combined with sun tracking while taking only about 1/3 the space compared to standard solar PV panels.

The Sky Power Solutions residential solar power station will have the ability to reduce the average user’s monthly electric grid consumption by up to 30-40% with zero emissions using only the power of the Sun.

The entry level price point for a Sky Power Solutions-Concentrated Solar electric system is estimated to be $5,000 at release. Many financial incentives are available which reduces the user’s actual costs and vary by location. Multiple units can be combined for increased capacity.

More news and information regarding the latest developments in Smart Grid electronics can be found at Darnell’s SmartGridElectronics.Net.