Smart energy harvesting system and method thereof
A smart energy recycling system and methods are disclosed. The smart energy recycling system comprises an energy device comprising emitting substrates configured to emit light of a pre-defined wavelength after receiving power from power grid. A photochromatic material disposed around emitting substrates. In an embodiment, photochromatic material is configured to convert photons emitted by emitting substrates into electrical energy. In an embodiment, the photochromatic materials corresponds to PV solar cells. An integrated energy storage device is electrically connected to an energy device and configured to store electrical energy produced by photochromatic materials. A regulation circuit of integrated energy storage device is configured to regulate and direct voltage and current generated by photochromatic materials and provide electrical energy to electrical grid or loads. In an embodiment, electrical energy being stored in an integrated energy storage device.
1 . A smart energy recycling system, comprising:
an energy device comprising:
a Transparent Luminescent Solar Concentrator (TLSC) forming a bulb structure;
a plurality of emitting substrates located within the bulb structure and configured to emit light of at least one pre-defined wavelength after receiving power from a power grid, said light emission primarily intended for purpose of illumination of a specified space; and
a plurality of photochromatic materials disposed around the plurality of emitting substrates on the bulb structure, wherein the bulb structure diverts photons from the emitting substrates toward the plurality of photochromatic material which is configured to convert photons emitted by the plurality of emitting substrates into electrical energy;
an integrated energy storage device electrically connected to the energy device and configured to store the electrical energy produced by the plurality of photochromatic materials; and
a regulation circuit of the integrated energy storage device configured to:
regulate and direct a voltage and a current generated by the plurality of photochromatic materials; and
provide the electrical energy to at least one output selected from a set of outputs consisting of: an electrical grid and at least one integrated energy storage devices.
2 . The smart energy recycling system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the at least one of the plurality of emitting substrates is selected from the set of substrates consisting of: LED's, filaments, and lasers.
3 . The smart energy recycling system as claimed in claim 1 , comprises a communication unit configured to transmit information related to a power output of the smart energy recycling system and a storage capacity of the integrated energy storage device to an external device, wherein the external device corresponds to at least one of a cloud server, or an application installed on an electronic device of a user.
4 . The smart energy recycling system as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the user regulates and controls at least one of the power output of the smart energy recycling system, the storage capacity of the integrated energy storage device, and a timing of usage of the generated electrical energy from the electronic device based on the transmitted information.
5 . The smart energy recycling system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the communication unit utilizes wired and wireless technologies to transmit information, wherein the wireless technologies comprises at least one of Bluetooth, ZigBee, satellite, Wi-Fi, or NFC, wherein the wired technologies comprises at least one of LAN, WAN, or MAN.
6 . The smart energy recycling system as claimed in claim 1 , comprising a plurality of the energy devices electrically connected to each other in series, wherein a combined power output of the plurality of the energy devices is stored in the integrated energy storage device and eventually provided to at least one electrical loads.
7 . The smart energy recycling system as claimed in claim 1 , comprising a lighting device, wherein the plurality of photochromatic materials disposed around the emitting substrates, are configured to convert emitted photons into electrical energy, wherein the energy storage device is configured to store the electrical energy produced by the photochromatic materials and the energy storage device is configured to regulate and direct a voltage and a current generated by the photochromatic materials, to provide the electrical energy to at least one electrical loads.
8 . The smart energy recycling system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the lightening device is configured to plurality of photochromatic materials having a transparency selected from the level of transparencies consisting of: opaque, semi-transparent, or transparent.
9 . A method for energy recycling, the method comprising:
encasing a plurality of mitting substrates within a bulb structure formed of a Transparent Luminescent Solar Concentrator (TLSC);
emitting light of a pre-defined wavelength by a plurality of emitting substrates of at least one energy device, after said energy device receiving power from a power grid;
utilizing at least one photochromatic material to convert photons emitted by the plurality of emitting substrates into an electrical energy, wherein the TLSC diverts the photons towards the at least one photochromatic material, which corresponds to PV solar cells;
storing the electrical energy produced by the plurality of photochromatic materials into at least one integrated energy storage device, wherein the at least one energy device is electrically connected to the integrated energy storage device;
regulating and directing, by a regulation circuit of the integrated energy storage device, a voltage and a current generated by the plurality of photochromatic materials;
providing, by the energy device, the electrical energy to at least one electrical grid load, wherein the electrical energy was stored in the integrated energy storage device.
10 . The method for energy recycling as claimed in claim 9 , wherein at least one of the plurality of emitting substrates is selected form the set of light emitting substrates consisting of: LED's, filaments, and lasers.
11 . The method for energy recycling as claimed in claim 9 , the method further comprising: transmitting information, by a communication unit, related to a power output of the smart energy recycling system and a storage capacity of the integrated energy storage device to an external device, wherein the external device is at least one external device selected from the set of external devices consisting of: a cloud server, and an application installed on an electronic device of a user.
12 . The method for energy recycling as claimed in claim 11 , wherein the user regulates and controls at least one of: the power output of the smart energy recycling system, the storage capacity of the integrated energy storage device, and a timing of usage of the generated electrical energy, from the electronic device based on the transmitted information.
13 . The method for energy recycling as claimed in claim 9 , wherein communication unit utilizes at least one communication technology to transmit information, the communication technology being selected form the set of technologies consisting of: Bluetooth, ZigBee, Wi-Fi, satellite, NFC, LAN, WAN, and MAN.
14 . The method for energy recycling as claimed in claim 9 , wherein the at least one energy device is a plurality of the energy devices electrically connected to each other in series, wherein a combined power output of the plurality of the energy devices is stored in the integrated energy storage device and provided to at least one electrical loads.
15 . The method for energy recycling as claimed in claim 9 , further comprising:
receiving a request for energy recycling from a user via an electronic device, wherein the request comprises utilizing at least one of a stored electrical energy in the integrated energy storage device or generate the electrical energy from the energy device; and
utilizing the harvested energy for powering one or more loads based on the received request.
16 . The method for energy recycling as claimed in claim 9 , wherein the plurality of photochromatic materials are selected form the set of photochromatic materials consisting of: opaque, semi-transparent, and transparent.
17 . An energy device comprising:
a plurality of emitting substrates located within a Transparent Luminescent Solar Concentrator bulb structure and configured to emit light of at least one pre-defined wavelength after receiving power from a power grid, said light emission primarily intended for purpose of illumination of a specified space; and
a plurality of photochromatic materials disposed apart from the plurality of emitting substrates on the bulb structure such that the plurality of photochromatic material is configured to receive photons from the TLSC and emitted by the plurality of emitting substrates and convert said photons into electrical energy;
an integrated energy storage device electrically connected to the energy device and configured to store the electrical energy produced by the plurality of photochromatic materials; and
a regulation circuit of the integrated energy storage device configured to:
regulate and direct a voltage and a current generated by the plurality of photochromatic materials; and
provide the electrical energy to at least one output selected from a set of outputs consisting of: an electrical grid and at least one integrated energy storage devices.
18 . The smart energy recycling system as claimed in claim 17 , comprises a communication unit configured to transmit information related to a power output of the smart energy recycling system and a storage capacity of the integrated energy storage device to an external device, wherein the external device corresponds to at least one of a cloud server, or an application installed on an electronic device of a user.
19 . The smart energy recycling system as claimed in claim 18 , wherein the user regulates and controls at least one of the power output of the smart energy recycling system, the storage capacity of the integrated energy storage device, and a timing of usage of the generated electrical energy from the electronic device based on the transmitted information.
20 . The smart energy recycling system as claimed in claim 17 , comprising a plurality of the energy devices electrically connected to each other in series, wherein a combined power output of the plurality of the energy devices is stored in the integrated energy storage device and eventually provided to at least one electrical loads.