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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 (...
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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 (...
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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 )...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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....
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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....
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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,...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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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