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7340898 Solar-thermal powered generator  
A solar-thermal powered generator has an absorber assembly which includes a gas permeable body of light absorbing material operative to absorb incident light and convert the absorbed light into...
7331178 Hybrid generation with alternative fuel sources  
A generating facility is provided for generating electricity from both solar and non-solar energy sources. The solar generating portion of the facility includes capability to directly generate...
7299633 Solar dish concentrator with a molten salt receiver incorporating thermal energy storage  
A solar power system capable of storing heat energy and converting sun light to electrical power. The solar power system includes a solar collection system which gathers and transmits concentrated...
7296410 Solar power system and method for power generation  
A solar-powered power generation system and an associated method are provided. The system includes at least one trough solar absorption device for heating a heat transfer fluid to a first...
7287380 Heat system utilizing solar energy  
A heat system utilizing solar energy is disclosed herein, which includes at least one solar panel, an energy control unit, a temperature control device, at least one heat-radiating element, and at...
7281381 Mechanical-thermal solar power system  
A mechanical thermo-voltaic solar power system (MeTSoPoS) that uses a mechanical generator, instead of the photovoltaic panel commonly in use today, is disclosed. The system is comprised of three...
7246492 Progressive solar based power generating system  
An apparatus for converting solar energy to electrical energy and continue to generate electricity even when the solar radiation is not available by directing solar radiation to heating plates,...
7234303 Polymer roof panel solar energy conversion device  
A solar energy conversion device comprises a solar collector configured to collect solar energy. The solar collector comprises a plurality of roof panels. Each of the panels comprises at least one...
7185493 Solar energy power plant and method of producing electricity  
A power plant that uses a lens to focus solar energy onto a closed system loop is disclosed wherein a closed loop system is provided having a chamber that converts a liquid into a gas by absorbing...
7171812 Electric generation facility and method employing solar technology  
An electric generation station employs a solar array to heat a thermal transfer fluid that is supplied to a heat exchanger to produce steam. The heated steam drives a steam engine that operates...
7104064 Solar power station  
A method of operating a solar power station solar power station including a solar panel assembly having multiple towers, a solar panel pivotally mounted to an upper end of each tower, and a control...
7089740 Method of generating power from naturally occurring heat without fuels and motors using the same  
A method of generating power is disclosed wherein a liquid having a boiling point near the ambient temperature when it is under atmospheric or moderately higher pressures, preferably propane,...
7084518 Method and apparatus for solar power conversion  
A solar power conversion system using a plurality of engines to convert solar energy to electrical energy. The plurality of engines are supported adjacent to a housing having a single thermal...
7051529 Solar dish concentrator with a molten salt receiver incorporating thermal energy storage  
A solar power system capable of storing heat energy and converting sun light to electrical power. The solar power system includes a solar collection system which gathers and transmits concentrated...
7028477 Method for generating electric power and electric battery  
A plurality of metallic members are laminated via corresponding insulating members to form a metallic layered structure. Then, an energy beam is irradiated onto the metallic layered structure to...
7024857 Solar receiver with a plurality of working fluid inlets  
A solar receiver ( 2 ) comprises a housing ( 4 ) defining a receiver chamber ( 12 ) and an aperture ( 14 ); a window ( 16 ) mounted in the aperture ( 14 ); at least two inlet means ( 17 ) axially...
7003955 Enhanced pumped storage power system  
An enhanced pumped storage power system. More particularly, the invention is a regenerative power system that utilizes the gravitational forces of downward movement of large quantities of water to...
6996988 AutoSolar Thermal Electric Conversion (ASTEC) solar power system  
A thermal collection system has a first tank for storing relatively hot working fluid and a second tank for storing relatively cold working fluid. A heat exchanger is connected for receiving the...
6981377 System and method for generation of electricity and power from waste heat and solar sources  
Recovery of electric power from low-grade waste heat/solar energy, comprising a closed-cycle charged refrigerant loop. Pressurized refrigerant fluid is pumped at ambient temperature through a heat...
6979911 Method and apparatus for solar power conversion  
A solar power conversion system using a plurality of engines to convert solar energy to electrical energy. The plurality of engines are supported adjacent to a housing having a single thermal...
6957536 Systems and methods for generating electrical power from solar energy  
Systems and methods capable of producing electrical power from solar energy through the use of air cycles without fossil fuel combustion. The system includes a solar receiver, a generator, a...
6931851 Solar central receiver with inboard headers  
A solar power plant having a plurality of receiver panels mounted in a circular fashion about a solar receiver. Each receiver panel includes a plurality of tubes that terminate at each end at a...
6922998 Apparatus and method for a heat engine  
A heat engine includes a plurality of heating side expansion chambers and cooling side expansion chambers, positioned on opposite sides of an axis, for providing rotation of an apparatus about its...
6920757 Water displacement apparatus  
A water displacement apparatus is provided which uses the heat from the sun to displace water from a water collection means. The water collection means has a water container member which may be...
6886339 Trough-stirling concentrated solar power system  
A solar power collection system capable of operating with a positioning system that provides movement of the system about only a single axis of rotation. The solar power collection system includes...
6831221 System and method for power generation  
A method for powering a vehicle comprises, in one embodiment, receiving infrared radiation emitted as heat from a roadway surface, and converting energy of the infrared radiation to a form of...
6818818 Concentrating solar energy receiver  
There is disclosed herein a concentrating solar energy receiver comprising a primary parabolic reflector having a center and a high reflectivity surface on a concave side of the reflector and...
6786045 Thermal reciprocating engine  
The present invention provides novel engine technologies for power generation and work applications. The engines transform sunlight, heat, or cold, directly into mechanical force. The invention...
6775982 Solar heat utilization stirling engine power generation plant  
Objects of the invention is to make a fuel for generating power unnecessary, to generate no carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) by generating power without burning substance, and to make it possible to supply a...
6739136 Combustion system for hybrid solar fossil fuel receiver  
A combustion system for a hybrid solar receiver comprises a pre-mixer which combines air and fuel to form an air-fuel mixture. The mixture is introduced tangentially into a cooling jacket. A burner...
6735946 Direct illumination free piston stirling engine solar cavity  
A solar power system is provided for converting sunlight into electricity. The solar power system utilizes a mirror to focus the sunlight into a cavity of an absorption chamber. The cavity includes...
6701711 Molten salt receiver cooling system  
A flow of molten salt is provided through a solar-thermal heat exchange receiver. The receiver converts solar energy, reflected from heliostats, to thermal energy that is stored in molten salt. A...
6700054 Solar collector for solar energy systems  
A solar collection system and method having means for receiving solar radiation through a main refractive interface and means for internally reflecting at least once, at least a portion of the...
6653551 Stationary photovoltaic array module design for solar electric power generation systems  
A stationary solar photovoltaic array module design, which constitutes four steps of optical concentrations of photovoltaic electric power generation systems. A compound parabolic concentrator...
6651435 Water evaporation apparatus  
A water evaporation apparatus is provided which uses the heat from the sun to evaporate water from a water collection means. The water collection means has a water container member partially...
6647725 Thermal differential engine apparatus  
The present invention provides novel engine technologies for power generation and work applications. The engines transform sunlight, heat, or cold, directly into mechanical force. The invention...
6550248 Electrical generating system using solar energy  
A method for generation of electricity is disclosed in which solar heat energy is collected in a photochromic heat exchange medium which flows to a generating system which converts the flow energy...
6487859 Dish/stirling hybrid-receiver  
A hybrid high-temperature solar receiver is provided which comprises a solar heat-pipe-receiver including a front dome having a solar absorber surface for receiving concentrated solar energy, a...
6477840 Truine energy system  
The present invention provides for the conversion of domestic sewage into electric power. The invention also allows for the additional creation of redundant systems through the use of solar...
6442937 Solar receiver adaptive tracking control  
A solar power system having a solar concentrator for concentrating solar energy, a receiver for converting the solar energy into another form of energy, and a control system for controlling the...
6434942 Building, or other self-supporting structure, incorporating multi-stage system for energy generation  
A building, or other self-supporting structure, incorporating a multi-stage system for energy generation, is disclosed. The system comprises several elements connected together to form a loop...
6434941 Ordinary temperature heat engine  
A room temperature heat engine, wherein only one pipe structure for connecting a high pressure part to a low pressure part, which is a fatal structural defect of the room temperature heat engine...
6425248 Solar power generation administration system, and solar power generation administration method to provide useful information to user  
A method of providing a user who has installed a solar power generator with appropriate information, including the steps of receiving data of the quantity of generated power and quantity of power...
6384320 Solar compound concentrator of electric power generation system for residential homes  
The invention relates to a solar compound concentrator of an electric power generation system. A compound parabolic concentrator (CPC) is mounted under an acrylic concentrating fresnel lens that...
6374614 Solar power generation and energy storage system  
A solar energy power system is provided that is effective to use an underlying supporting medium as a heat storage medium. A plurality of lengths of solar energy collector panels are arranged in...
6367259 Battery-less solar power system  
A photovoltaic energy system that accumulates mechanical energy, i.e., pneumatic or hydraulic pressure, or performs mechanical work, i.e., pumping water, without using electrochemical batteries....
6367257 Installation for producing solar thermal energy  
An installation for producing solar thermal energy includes a floating thermal storage water heater provided with an absorber layer on the inside thereof and with transparent thermal insulation on...
6360542 Apparatus for converting solar energy into electrical energy  
An apparatus for converting solar energy into electrical energy includes a solar energy collecting device for collecting light energy from the sun, and a tank for holding water therein. The tank is...
6343464 Solar thermal rocket  
A thermal solar rocket that includes a solar energy receiver having two sections (a thermal energy storage section and a direct gain section), a solar concentrator, and a propulsion nozzle. In one...
6295818 PV-thermal solar power assembly  
A flexible solar power assembly includes a flexible photovoltaic device attached to a flexible thermal solar collector. The solar power assembly can be rolled up for transport and then unrolled for...
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