The chicken egg served as a muse. What do you eat for breakfast? German architect Andre Brossel prefers boiled chicken eggs. Thanks to this, he came up with an incredible solar power generator.
At breakfast one day, Brossel's daughter placed a chicken egg in a glass filled with water and held it out in the sunlight. She wondered what she would see in the egg, "enlightening" it. The moment when the sunbeam hit the water, Andre considers the beginning of his unusual concept.
The architect has long been interested in solar clean energy and its use. For this reason, he founded his own company, Rawlemon, which later developed the spherical generator called Beta.ray.
Beta.ray is a crystal ball filled with distilled water and attached to a special structure. The spherical shape of the generator allows you to concentrate the sun's rays on the photovoltaic panel. Thanks to the construction mechanism, the device has the ability to turn in the wake of the sun or the moon … Yes, this is not a mistake, the architect declares that his unit is capable of receiving energy from moonlight.
Solar panels do not lose their efficiency even in cloudy weather. The combination of the principles of sphere geometry and an axis observation system allows the photovoltaic panel to collect twice as much energy, despite a smaller surface area.
Solar concentrator Beta.ray. Image: positime.ru.
Solar concentrator Beta.ray
The energy receiving panel is movable - it rotates and therefore can be suitable for any inclined surfaces that have open access to the sky. So the collector can easily "absorb" and store both solar and lunar energy.
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Beta.ray is provided with a hybrid collector for one-time conversion of thermal and electrical energy. By reducing the footprint of silicon cameras by up to twenty-five percent, the focusing hub does the job fifty-seven percent more efficiently.
At night, the Ball lens illuminates the space, transforming into a powerful lamp. You only need a few LEDs to do this.
The device can work as an auxiliary source, as well as a single source of energy. The unique battery is able to provide an entire building with electricity, heating and hot water.
The solar hub can be used to charge electric vehicles, as well as any technology that runs on batteries.
Rawlemon predicts the production of several generators of different sizes: from the smallest sphere - 10 cm in diameter (mobile charger for a smartphone), to the largest - 180 cm in diameter (autonomous power plant).
André Brossel aims to show the world the availability of solar and lunar energy: to make a less expensive portable generator that does not need a large installation area.
Some connoisseurs of beauty expressed a desire to decorate their courtyard and garden with such a memorable futuristic device.
Solar concentrator Beta.ray
No wonder the developer has concentrated all his efforts on creating this unique generator. Beta.ray differs from other solar panels not only by its harmonious form and beauty, but also by its high efficiency.
A fairly young project that has managed to loudly and expressively declare itself. Will this device become more popular than conventional flat drives and batteries? Time will show.