Technological Foresight Applied to Solar Energy Collection Technologies

• Autor(a) principal: Souza, Carlos Roberto Pinto de
• Data de Publicação: 2018
• Outros Autores: Mucury, Danylo Carvalho, Silva, Elaine Cristina Pereira, Borba, Marco Antonio da Cruz, Andrade, Rafael Leite Pinto de, Silva, Marcio Lima da
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Cadernos de Prospecção (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.ufba.br/index.php/nit/article/view/27116
• topic: Coletor Solar; Inflável; Energia.; Solar Collector; Inflatable; Energy.

The access to energy is directly linked to improving the quality of life and development of today's society. Among the ways of generating energy, hydroelectric plants and those based on fossil fuels are the most used. One technology that has been gaining prominence is solar energy. The most well-known equipment for this purpose are the solar collectors. In this work was evaluated a collector with structure in dark plastic with flexible structure. Such structure gives it facilities, especially in the transportation of equipment. In this article the Utility Model obtained by the University of Brasília Foundation (FUB) was evaluated, which brought about a functional improvement in its performance. They were evaluated, based on the state of the art, on the degree of maturity of the technology and on possible technological routes; the industrial application and other issues related to the equipment, such as the possibility of commercialization or licensing.