i wasnt talking about your idea, i was speaking of the computer.

anyway if you were to go about it this way, you would need a "white oil" 
which is totally clear, and colorless because any color or particulates 
would lower the applied sunlight. this would produce more heat, yes, but the 
electrical power would be reduced. from an application standpoint the 
question is "is the tradeoff worth it?" it all depends on what results you 
are after.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: Michael Redler
To: Biofuel@sustainablelists.org
Sent: Monday, May 15, 2006 8:17 PM
Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Solar Concentrator & PV Modules


What does extreme mean?

The way I see it, there is probably less materials (no special methods for 
interfacing PV panel and cooling). I visualize the PV panels in a clear, oil 
tight enclosure with an inlet, outlet, a length of tubing, heat exchanger 
(radiator) and circulating pump. As far as hardware is concerned, I don't 
see this as a huge departure from what we've already been talking about.

Now, this thread contains lot of "it won't work" type statements which are 
not supported with a hell of a lot of information. Simply put, it's a bit of 
a turn-off.

So, if you have a position that questions the validity of an idea, please 
back it up with something more than "that's just a touchbit extreme...".

Thank you in advance.

Mike


Jason & Katie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
that's just a touchbit extreme...

----- Original Message ----- 
From: Michael Redler
To: Biofuel@sustainablelists.org
Sent: Monday, May 15, 2006 7:25 PM
Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Solar Concentrator & PV Modules



As we all know, there are a lot of ways to harvest waste heat but the one
that stands out in my mind is from a message posted about six months ago. I
don't know if this is a solution, but I'm definitely curious to know one way
or the other.

http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/msg59540.html

1) Oils are generally non-conductive so, the PV cells can be immersed in it
without shorting.

2.) Some oils can come with fairly good optical qualities - important for
passing light to PV and transforming light to electricity.

Joe: I remember reading your post about experimenting with black bodies and
it looks like you have a background that may be useful here. Maybe you can
chime in (if your reading this thread)?


Mike

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