Improved Element for Processing Solar Radiation, and a Sun Tracker and a Solar Farm Equipped with Such an Element

Abstract

An element for processing solar radiation includes means for processing solar radiation forming a layer of the solar radiation processing element and includes a layer of radiation-emitting material, especially infrared radiation, covering the layer of the processing means. A sun tracker includes at least one processing element and a solar farm includes a series of sun trackers, each comprising a processing element.

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         13 . An element for processing solar radiation comprising:
 a means for processing solar radiation layer and   a layer of material emissive of radiation covering the processing means layer.   
     
     
         14 . The processing element of  claim 13 , further comprising a layer forming a heat exchanger located under and covered by the processing means layer. 
     
     
         15 . The processing element of  claim 14 , further comprising an insulating lower layer. 
     
     
         16 . The processing element of  claim 14 , wherein the layer forming a heat exchanger comprises, in a thickness, a network of ducts in which a heat-transfer fluid flows and comprising a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet. 
     
     
         17 . The processing element of  claim 13 , wherein the layer of emissive material is produced by a surface treatment of a surface of the processing means layer. 
     
     
         18 . A solar tracker comprising a structure movably mounted on a construction implanted in a ground portion (S) and at least one processing element according to  claim 13  mounted on the structure. 
     
     
         19 . The solar tracker of  claim 18 , further comprising means for collecting water trickling over the layer of emissive material of the processing element. 
     
     
         20 . The solar tracker of  claim 19 , wherein the solar tracker is controlled by a system for controlling an orientation of the structure, the control system being arranged so as to adapt the orientation of the solar element depending on climatic conditions around the processing element. 
     
     
         21 . The solar tracker of  claim 20 , further comprising means for fluidically connecting the layer forming a heat exchanger with a geothermal exchanger buried in the ground portion. 
     
     
         22 . A concentrated solar power plant comprising a condenser equipped with a heat exchanger and a series of solar trackers as claimed in  claim 21 . 
     
     
         23 . The concentrated solar power plant of  claim 22 , wherein the layers forming a heat exchanger of each of the processing elements of the series of solar trackers are fluidically connected to one another so as to form a single cooling circuit. 
     
     
         24 . The concentrated solar power plant of  claim 23 , wherein the heat exchanger of the condenser is fluidically connected to the single cooling circuit. 
     
     
         25 . The element of  claim 13  wherein the layer emissive of radiation is emissive of infrared radiation.