Portable solar generator with integrated storage.

[bberry]

So a hundred watts peak charging 5 kwh?

[sdold]

[B]The inventor has been involved in the solar industry for over 40 years.

That's a weird thing to come up with, then. It looks like something a student would try to design. I wouldn't be interested because it looks like it's way over-engineered (and likely expensive) for what it will produce. It seems like you could do the same thing with a nice simple system with a flat panel pointed South, all in a briefcase or suitcase arrangement. But I can't think of a good use for it, what is its intended purpose?

What does "100 W/h" mean?

[SunEagle]

On the generation side it should produce 100 W/h due to a proprietery charge pump, and dependent on your geographic location. On the storage side, it has the ability to hold up to 5 kWh in battery storage.




The inventor has been involved in the solar industry for over 40 years.

"The cells are a-Si which is excellent at absorbing indirect light. Unlike Mono and poly crystalline flat panels which have to be at the correct angle of incidence towards the sun to allow for peak power generation. With a-Si we begin generation at first light, plateau, and continue to generate until last light. This effectively allows you to generate for longer periods throughout the day."

If you remove the cells from one side of the structure you effectively eliminate half of your charging surface. The sun follows an arc throughout the day, so why not allow for maximum generation potential without having to constantly adjust the device to follow the sun.



The total panel wattage is 100 W/h peak with a proprietary charge pump. We can store up to 5 kWh in one device. A 5 kWh model will weigh about 100 pounds, one with less storage capicity would weigh less. The funny tubes are energy generation and storage devices that can all work in conjunction with each other. They also all use pre-existing infrastructures for installation, therefore no additional land is needed to use solar power.

Sorry. I am not impressed with that explainton. What does 100w/h peak mean?

For that 5 kWh storage system, please provide the wattage rating, the number of cycles based on a DOD% and approximate cost. Based on that information I will let you know if I feel it is worth it.

[J.P.M.]

I believe this product is a scam. Plain and simple.

[russ]

This thread is better than a comic book! Reminds me of the shyster in Florida that was developing a new cell with ultra high efficiency - had several PO boxes and nothing more.

[inetdog]

Just to possibly clear one thing up, 100Wh per hour would be 100W.
100W/hr would be a well defined although generally useless measure of how fast the power output is increasing at any given time.
That is, for example, a panel array that starts out at zero watts before the sun comes up and then increases in output by 100W/hour until five hours later it is producing 500W.