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7340899 |
Solar power generation system
An economical solar generator system is provided wherein the solar energy collector is constructed from a plurality of heat exchangers of the kind used as evaporators in automobile air...
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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...
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7339108 |
Solar energy concentrator device for spacecraft and a solar generator panel
A device is disclosed for reducing the risk of primary and secondary electrostatic discharges occurring in particular in the solar generators of spacecraft. A solar energy concentrator device for...
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7334406 |
Hybrid geothermal and fuel-cell system
A hybrid energy system heats or cools a plant with a geothermal unit powered at least partly by a fuel cell, which may also power other devices. The thermal fluid for the geothermal unit also cools...
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7325543 |
Covering material for solar thermal power generating system and solar thermal power generating system formed by spreading the covering material
A covering material for solar thermal power generation system, characterized in that it is made of a film which has a tensile yield strength of at least 10 N/mm 2 according to JIS K7127, a solar...
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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...
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7299632 |
Solar electricity generator
Disclosed is a floating altazimuth-tracking array of point-focus lenses that concentrate direct sunlight on the upper ends of optical-homogenizer rods bonded to high-efficiency multi-junction...
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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...
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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...
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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,...
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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...
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7231128 |
Hybrid solar lighting systems and components
A hybrid solar lighting system and components having at least one hybrid solar concentrator, at least one fiber receiver, at least one hybrid luminaire, and a light distribution system operably...
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7225620 |
Diffusion driven water purification apparatus and process
An apparatus for purifying water, such as for desalinization, includes a source of a heated air stream, the heated air stream having a temperature above an ambient temperature. A diffusion tower...
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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...
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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...
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7168252 |
Solar heated generator
A system for producing electricity includes a boiler unit which has a lens mounted thereon in a position to concentrate solar rays onto fluid contained in the boiler unit. A conduit system has an...
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7152408 |
Vehicle with a combustion engine and a fuel cell device
A vehicle having a combustion engine, a fuel cell device having a fuel cell unit, a compressed air storage for supply of a compressed air, a supply conduit provided between the fuel cell unit of...
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7150153 |
Renewable portable stored energy power generating apparatus with alternate water source capability
A renewable portable stored energy generating apparatus is provided, comprising a fully contained and stand-alone container. The container includes one or more storage batteries for providing...
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7147438 |
Electric turbine
An electric turbine includes a fan with a plurality of blades each with a tip having a permanent magnet positioned in the tip. The fan is mounted for rotation about an axis with the blades...
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7140181 |
Reactor for solar processing of slightly-absorbing or transparent gases
Solar-powered reactor for processing of slightly absorbing and transparent gases. An obvious path to providing storable, renewable energy is through solar dissociation of gas molecules. These...
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7127894 |
Solar thermal energy conversion system
A solar cell floats over a body of saline water. A submerged fresh water collection system underlies the cell. A partial vacuum is created in the solar cell for drawing water vapor from the cell to...
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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...
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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,...
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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...
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7045702 |
Solar-paneled windmill
A solar-paneled windmill is provided having aerodynamic fan blades provided with solar panels. The windmill produces electricity using wind energy and solar energy. In another embodiment, magnets...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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6966184 |
Photovoltaic power generating apparatus, method of producing same and photovoltaic power generating system
A photovoltaic power generating apparatus is provided which comprises a single solar cell element formed on a substrate and a plurality of power conversion devices individually connected to the...
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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...
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6936760 |
Space-based power system
A space-based power system. The system maintains proper positioning and alignment of system components without using connecting structures. Power system elements are launched into orbit, and the...
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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...
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6892539 |
Rotary heat engine
The engine consists of an annular array of chambers (hot leg), individually connected to an adjacent continuous condenser (cold leg), and containing a quantity of working fluid and gas—the gas...
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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...
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6884934 |
Solar-battery array, and photovoltaic power generation system
A solar-battery array comprising a plurality of solar batteries, which is characterized by satisfying the relationship of V 2 <0 and V 1 +V 2 >0, where V 1 is the voltage to ground of the...
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6841891 |
Electrogasdy anamic method for generation electrical energy
A process is provided for producing electrical energy from thermal energy in which charges are separated between two working media triboelectrically or electrostatically, the charges are moved away...
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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...
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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...
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6804962 |
Solar energy desalination system
A desalination system is driven by a solar powered boiler that outputs a pressurized vapor to drive an expander that generates output motive force. A pump is responsive to the motive force to...
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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...
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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...
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6772593 |
Solar vortex electric power generator
The SOLAR VORTEX ELECTRIC POWER GENERATOR utilizes hot, unstable air on a flat surface when drawn under the collector surface to rise in a central tower where it acts as a controlled tornado...
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6768049 |
Thermophotovoltaic electric power generating apparatus and power generating method thereof
A thermophotovoltaic power generating apparatus that heats an emitter by a combustion gas produced by fuel and air, and converts light radiated from the emitter into electric power by using...
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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...
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6730840 |
Concentrating photovoltaic module and concentrating photovoltaic power generating system
A concentrating photovoltaic module comprising: a lightguide member having at least one exit face and a plurality of entrance faces; and at least one solar cell placed immediately after the exit...
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6717045 |
Photovoltaic array module design for solar electric power generation systems
The invention relates to a solar photovoltaic array module design, which constitutes three steps of optical concentrations of photovoltaic electric power generation systems. A compound parabolic...
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6703555 |
Solar cell string, solar cell array and solar photovoltaic power system
The solar cell string of the present invention comprises a plurality of solar cells interconnected in series and/or parallel, one positive terminal, and one negative terminal, wherein at least a...
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6694738 |
Retrofit equipment for reducing the consumption of fossil fuel by a power plant using solar insolation
Retrofit equipment includes an auxiliary gas turbine unit including an auxiliary compressor for compressing ambient air to produce compressed air, a solar collector that receives the compressed air...
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6689949 |
Concentrating photovoltaic cavity converters for extreme solar-to-electric conversion efficiencies
A concentrating photovoltaic module is provided which provides a concentration in the range of about 500 to over 1,000 suns and a power range of a few kW to 50 kW. A plurality of such modules may...
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