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7607428 Solar absorber  
The solar absorber is equipped with an absorber body ( 10 ) that absorbs incident solar energy ( 12 ) and converts it to heat. The absorber body has a selective absorption layer ( 17 ) on a side (...
7552726 Tubular radiation absorbing device for solar heating applications  
A tubular radiation absorbing device ( 1 ) designed for a solar heating application is described. The tubular radiation absorbing device has a metal central tube ( 3 ) and a glass tubular jacket (...
7395820 Receiver tube with receiver tubular jacket and parabolic trough collector containing same  
The parabolic trough collector includes a single-axis parabolic mirror ( 1 ) and a receiver tube ( 2 ) arranged at the focal point (F) of the parabolic mirror ( 1 ). The receiver tube ( 2 )...
7240675 Parabolic trough collector  
The parabolic trough collector has a receiver formed by several single absorber tubes ( 13 ). The single absorber tubes ( 13 ) are supported by absorber tube supports ( 14 ) and surrounded by a...
6994082 Lightweight, low-cost solar energy collector  
A lightweight solar concentrator of the reflecting parabolic or trough type is realized via a thin reflecting film, an inflatable structural housing and tensioned fibers. The reflector element...
6953038 Concentrating solar energy system  
A concentrating solar energy system with a reflector having a specularly reflecting inner side and realized as a parabolic mirror with two axis steering which is carried by a base frame arranged in...
6892724 Solar energy collector for hot water  
A solar energy concentrating collector having a frame with bottom, end and side panels of corrugated material adapted to include secondary side panels that are folded inward and have vertical slots...
6696637 Conversion of solar energy  
An array of elongated concave parabolic trough-shaped reflectors is disclosed. The orientation of the array is biaxially kept essentially perpendicular to rays of the sun by an optical control such...
6637428 Collapsible light concentration device  
A collapsible light collection and/or transmission device having an axis of symmetry. The device includes opposing first and second body portions each having a curved inner reflective surface and...
6541694 Nonimaging light concentrator with uniform irradiance  
A nonimaging light concentrator system including a primary collector of light, an optical mixer disposed near the focal zone for collecting light from the primary collector, the optical mixer...
6302099 Modular solar tracking frame  
The present invention offers a low cost, modular structure with a continuous, horizontal, rotatable spine supported on posts fixed to the ground, providing one axis of rotation for pointing solar...
6276359 Double reflecting solar concentrator  
A double reflecting solar concentrator utilizing a primary parabolic reflective surface which reflects incident light toward a secondary surface. The incident light reflects off the secondary...
6205998 Solar concentrator gap and receiver design  
A gap between absorber and reflector of a solar concentrator. A gap is required in a solar concentrator for thermal isolation reasons and the position of the receiver relative to reflector and a...
6155250 Heat gathering device having a reflection plate assembly  
A heat gathering device 1 is provided with a reflection plate assembly 2 and a heat gathering tube 3 with a glass tube 4 surrounding the reflection plate assembly 2 and the heat gathering tube 3....
6047697 Solar collector  
A solar collector comprising an evacuation envelope; an absorber housed inside the evacuated envelope and comprising plates which define an evaporation gap, the evaporation gap providing...
5964216 Trough-type parabolic concentrator  
A trough-type parabolic concentrator (1) for a solar thermal power plant comprises a reflector plate (3) bent in trough shape and a support structure (4) for supporting the reflector plate (3) and...
5882434 Solar concentrator having an offset parabolic configuration  
The solar concentrator system includes a generally parabolic-shaped primary reflector having a flat region at the center thereof, so that the focus of the primary reflector is a ring about the...
5673684 Tracking solar energy concentrating system having a circular primary reflector and a tracking secondary compound parabolic reflector  
The present invention relates to an improved solar energy concentrating system and to a preferred novel focal collection zone for such a system. In general, the system comprises a moveable solar...
5592932 Radiant energy collecting apparatus  
A radiant energy collecting apparatus for collecting and concentrating solar energy having a primary parabolic reflector which focuses the sun's rays on a focal line and has a principal axis...
5564411 Roof module having an integral solar energy concentrator  
The present invention relates to a roof module having an integral solar energy concentrator. The present modules can be combined to form a weathertight roof with an integral solar concentrator....
5564410 Roof having an integral solar energy concentrating system  
The present invention relates to a roof having an integral solar energy concentrating system. A combination of solar energy concentrating reflectors and reflected solar energy collectors is used,...
5540217 Solar energy concentrating system having replaceable reflectors  
The present invention relates to an improved solar energy concentrating system incorporating replaceable solar energy concentrating reflectors. Prior systems typically required a structurally...
5507276 Concentrating solar collector cross section  
The present invention is a cross-section arrangement for solar concentrators which is comprised of a concave reflective boundary, and of at least two receiver-converters extending outward within...
5505917 Solar heat exchanger and concentric feedback tube system for disinfecting water  
A concentric receiver tube for passing water to be disinfected twice before the aperture path of a concentric solar reflector. The novel receiver tube uses the water that is heated by the reflector...
5479009 Highly efficient collection optical systems for providing light detectors such as photodetectors and the like with hemispherical fields of view  
This invention involves a novel egg-shaped hollow dual-compound conical light-ray concentrator with mirror-like inner walls (preferably tandem substantially inverted paraboloidal and ellipsoidal...
5465708 Trough-shaped collector  
A trough-shaped collector for solar radiation for steam generation. A trough-shaped mirror extending in a longitudinal direction receives and reflects radiation onto an absorber line enclosing...
5374939 Radiation gathering and focusing apparatus  
An apparatus for gathering and focusing or for transmitting radiation including a reflecting surface formed by portion of a right circular cone, a linear collector/transmitter located within the...
5245985 Effective and simple solar concentrator  
The present invention is a concentrating solar receiver-converter composed of at least two generally through-shape reflectors whose lengths run essentially north-south and which lean eastward and...
5114101 Modular distributed concentrating collector using power bus to route power to centralized converter  
A modular distributed concentrating collector using a low loss power bus to route solar radiation collected from a plurality of concentrating and collecting dishes to a centralized converted for...
5071243 Tensioned cover for parabolic reflector  
A generally rectangular tensioned cover comprises a pair of end forms having end portions. They are generally parallel along their lengths. A pair of side rails which are generally orthogonal to...
5069540 Parabolic solar collector body and method  
A solar collector structure and method of fabrication are disclosed, the solar collector being of the linear, parabolic reflector-type. The parabolic reflector body includes an elongated layered...
5058565 Solar concentrator device and support structure therefor  
A solar concentrator device is disclosed. The device includes a solar concentrating panel having a longitudinal axis and defining a parabolic surface having a focal line substantially parallel to...
4967730 Constant absorption solar furnace  
A radiant energy concentrator is provided for heating a fluid and includes a solar reflector for concentrating an increasing flux of radiant energy against a conduit containing a heat-absorbing...
4815443 Solar energy focusing assembly and storage unit  
A power system heat source applicable to spacecraft and the like is realized in a combination of an integrated solar absorber-thermal storage assembly 10 and a solar energy focusing unit 50. The...
4741610 Oblique compound parabolic reflector  
A device to focus to a point parallel electro-magnetic or sound waves, eg a solar power station, that consists of a reflector curved in one direction to a parabola, that reflects incoming waves...
4646718 Combined pressurized air solar heat sensing head assembly and a pressurized water drive system used to move solar energy collectors in tracking the sun  
In moving solar energy collectors to track the sun, there are combined: a pressurized air solar heat sensing head assembly, utilizing compressed air in adjacent and opposing chambers, each...
4632091 Solar energy collector apparatus and method  
The solar energy collecting invention uses a frame to position a conduit for carrying fluid to receive solar energy reflected from a reflector also supported by the frame, for rotatable movement...
4628142 Solar tracking mechanisms  
A solar self-tracking mechanism for continuously tracking the movement of the sun with time comprises a solar radiant energy receiver secured to a base set on the ground and rotatable about a...
4611575 Parabolic trough solar reflector  
A solar trough reflector structure using a single stressed reflector skin, parabolic shaped ribs, and members to structurally close the aperture develops high strength and stiffness from a minimum...
4604990 Collector means for solar energy collecting system  
In accordance with the present invention, an improved collector means for a solar energy collector system having an absorber plate and a glazing panel spaced from at least one side of the absorber...
4586488 Reflective solar tracking system  
A reflective solar tracking system of the type arranged to reflect light rays from the sun onto a remote solar energy collector is described. The system comprises a reflector mounted on an assembly...
4561424 Nontracking parabolic solar energy collector apparatus  
A mirror collector having a generally parabolic surface terminating near the vertex in a circular or cylindrical curve, an evacuated cylindrical heat entrapment tube composed of a clear glass for...
4561423 Solar parabolic collector  
A water-heating solar parabolic collecting and concentrating apparatus comprises a pair of inclined parabolic reflectors positioned side by side on a rotary framework with upwardly extending...
4559926 Centerless-drive solar collector system  
A parabolic-trough solar collector system is disclosed, with each collector driven to track the sun using a ring driven in centerless fashion. The parabolic troughs are made of laminated plywood or...
4546757 Fixed position concentrating solar collector  
A fixed position concentrating solar collector in the form of a trough having an inner surface reflective to solar radiation and formed to direct the sun's rays entering the trough onto a radiation...
4529831 Nontracking parabolic collector apparatus  
A mirror collector having a generally parabolic surface terminating near the vertex in a circular or cylindrical curve, a collector tube composed of a clear glass outer tube for energy admission...
4528977 Assembly for interconnecting and aligning solar collectors and like members for movement together  
An assembly for connecting and aligning solar collectors for movement together in tracking relationship with the sun is disclosed herein. This assembly utilizes a pivot shaft having keyways at...
4519381 Solar heating apparatus and method  
A solar heating apparatus is disclosed along with a method of making a solar heating apparatus. The apparatus has a frame with a solar collector movably mounted thereto. A solar tracking mechanism...
4515148 Cylindro-parabolical solar energy collector  
This collector comprises a reflector (1) formed by a plurality of reflecting elements (6) engaged between consecutive frames (2). Each of the frames is formed by two members (7) moulded from Zanak...
4493313 Parabolic trough solar collector  
A parabolic trough solar collector using reflective flexible materials is disclosed. A parabolic cylinder mirror is formed by stretching a flexible reflecting material between two parabolic end...
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