IC SOLAR FACADE PRESENTATION / HELIOPTIX Facade Innovation: Performance, Optimization and Integration Presentations and Roundtable Discussion
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SUITABILITY FOR CONCENTRATING PV
2500 kWh m² IDEAL
2000
1500
1000
500
Source: www.meteonorm.com
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Syracuse University: New York
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Fashion Institute of Technology: New York
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Medical Campus: Middle East
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Mixed Use Tower: Korea
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Incheon Airport, South Korea
Incheon Airport, South Korea
PROTOTYPE DEVELOPMENT
Generation 1
Generation 2
Generation 3
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GENERATION 4 / ETFE MODEL
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Courtesy of SHoP Architects
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How does it perform relative to conventional technology? HeliOptix / Vector Foiltec: CONFIDENTIAL
HeliOptix has a 6X electrical advantage over Thin-Film HeliOptix / Vector Foiltec: CONFIDENTIAL
It tracks the sun 6:00 AM
12:00 PM
6:00 AM
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& transmits 80% of diffused daylight
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Syracuse University: New York HeliOptix / Vector Foiltec: CONFIDENTIAL
PERFORMANCE & AREA AREA COMPARISON COMPARISIONTO TOACHIEVE ACHIEVE18.5 18.5WATTS WATTS
500 cm² ONE Module
960 cm² Mono Crystalline: Rigid Flat panel
1276 cm² Poly Crystalline: Rigid Flat panel
1947 cm² CIGS: Flexible Film
3083 cm² Amorphous Silicone: Flexible Film HeliOptix / Vector Foiltec: CONFIDENTIAL
PV TYPE - ELECTRICAL PRODUCTION COMPARISON HeliOptix 500
400 350
AUTUMNAL EQUINOX
VERNAL EQUINOX
450
Poly c-Si CIGS a-Si
300
WINTER EQUINOX
Annual Energy Production (kWh)
SUMMER EQUINOX
Mono c-Si
250 200 150 100 50 0
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
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SUPPLY CHAIN PARTNERS
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SOLAR SOLAR MODULE MODULE COMPONENTS COMPONENTS Heat Sink Solar Cell Second Lens
Pyramid Connector
Fresnel Lens
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SOLAR MODULE PERFORMANCE ( AIR COOLING)
Assumes: 1000 W m²
50 W
15% Optical loss as scattered light & heat.
42.5 W to solar cell
43% Efficency 18.27 W DC
24 W to be rejected from enclosure. HeliOptix / Vector Foiltec: CONFIDENTIAL
SOLAR CELL & OPTICAL SCALE SOLAR & OPTICAL SCALE
Generation 6: Test cell
~27cm
~ 22cm
Multi-Junction Solar Cell ACTUAL SIZE
Concentrator Module DEPTH & WIDTH ARE FLEXIBLE
1cm² solar cell 43% efficiency
Concentrates 500 times Equivalent to a 500cm² solar cell HeliOptix / Vector Foiltec: CONFIDENTIAL
SOLAR CELL DURABILITY SOLAR CELL DURABILITY
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MATERIALS
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Ax
Fresnel Lens: PMMA: (Acrylic Glass) Pyramid Connector: PMMA: (Acrylic Glass)
Ball Bearings:
Pivot Clamp: (Cast Aluminum)
Support Fins: (Extruded Aluminum)
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End Supports: (Cast Aluminum)
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Structural connection to bldg structure: (Steel)
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ASSEMBLY
End Support
Lateral Supports / Pivot Bar
Solar Module
Support Fins
End Support Stepper Motor
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MOTOR RELIABILITY
HeliOptix: 25 years = 219,000 hours = 365,000 revolutions = 6.08 hours of continuous use*
* 6.08 hours of continuouse use at 1000 rpm. (1000 rpm = 15% rated tourque of stepper motor.) ** Reliability test performed by Precision Motors Private Limited reports Mean Time Between Failure ‘MTTF’ of 21,504 hours of continuous use at 70% rated torque of the motor.
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MODULAR & SCALABLE
277 Watts DC
≥4M
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in)
≤ 15
Mod
ules
(max
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MODULAR & SCALABLE
∞
≤5M
eter
s
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SOLAR CONCENTRATOR / ETFE PILLOW: (AIR COOLED) 100%
53% Removed as hot air
4%Loss
4%Loss 15% Optical Loss
33.7% to Electricity
1.5% Remaining in Pillow
53% Removed as hot air
1.5% Heat transmitted 80% Diffused light transmitted
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INSTALLATION
2
1
Hoist
3
Enclose
Bolt
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SIMPLE PAYBACK PAYBACK -- HeliOptix SIMPLE HeliOptix vs. vs. Thin-Film Thin-Film (No (Nosubsidies) Subsidies) HeliOptix $65/ft² HeliOptix $95/ft² HeliOptix E+T $130/ft² CIGS, Opaque CIGS, 30% Transparent a-Si, Opaque a-Si, 30% Transparent CIGS / a-Si represented at $30/ft²
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Courtesy: SHoP Architects
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