My late friend John Draper told me he and another friend had invented a
way to double the output power of a solar array...they never could get
any solar power companies interested....here is the information;
http://www.patents.ibm.com/details?patent_number=4651080
ABSTRACT: A rechargeable battery array comprises a plurality of
rechargeable battery cells (10)-(16) connected in series, and in equal
plurality of charging sources (18)-(24) connected in series.
Corresponding terminals of corresponding battery cells and charging
sources are interconnected. The internal resistance of each of the
charging sources is matched to the internal resistance of each battery
cell. The configuration provides substantially faster charging of the
battery cells than is possible using conventional battery cell array
charging configurations. The invention is particularly well suited to
photo-voltaic charging systems.
I claim:
1. A solar powered battery charging system, comprising a series
string of n rechargeable battery cells, a plurality of series strings of
charging sources of m solar cells each, and means for connecting
a different one of said strings of m solar cells directly across each of
said n battery cells for bidirectional current flow between connected
battery cells and strings of solar cells to provide shared charging of
each of said battery cells by all of said solar cells.
3. In a solar-powered battery-charging system, a battery charging
method, comprising the steps of connecting a plurality of rechargeable
battery cells in series; connecting across each said battery cell
respectively a different plurlaity of series connected solar-cells for
bidirectional current flow, and exposing the solar-cells to sunlight,
whereby each of said battery cells is charged sharingly by all said
solar-cells.
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