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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8087246 | Solar thermal electric power generation system, heating medium supply system, and temperature fluctuation suppressing device A temperature fluctuation suppressing device for a heating medium is provided which is capable of sufficiently suppressing temperature fluctuations of the heating medium at the time of supplying collected solar heat for steam generation. The temperature fluctuation ... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8001785 | Solar energy-based water heating and power generating module A solar energy-based water heating and power generating module includes a factory-fabricated compound module panel usable as a cover panel for building, car or ship and capable of absorbing solar energy for heating water flowing in a water chamber and a circulation ... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7954321 | Solar power plant and method and/or system of storing energy in a concentrated solar power plant A method for storing heat from a solar collector CSTC in Concentrating Solar Power plants and delivering the heat to the power plant PP when needed. The method uses a compressed gas such as carbon dioxide or air as a heat transfer medium in the collectors CSTC and t... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7905092 | Solar-powered shielding mechanism Solar-powered shielding mechanism is disclosed. The mechanism includes a shield, a pair of tracks, an energy collecting device for collecting solar energy, storage for storing liquid being heated in the energy collecting device, and a motor powered by electricity ge... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7845172 | 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 electricity from solar insolation, or to store the solar energy in a tang... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7836695 | Solar energy system A solar energy system includes a plurality of concentrating dishes and a plurality of heated air collectors. Each collector receives directed rays of sunlight from one of the concentrating dishes. A heated air distribution assembly collects air heated in the collect... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7735323 | Solar thermal power system A solar thermal power generator includes an inclined elongated boiler tube positioned in the focus of a solar concentrator for generating steam from water. The boiler tube is connected at one end to receive water from a pressure vessel as well as connected at an opp... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7726127 | Solar power for thermochemical production of hydrogen A solar-powered hydrogen production system includes a thermochemical system and solar heating system. The thermochemical system produces hydrogen. The solar heating system has a molten salt heat transfer medium for providing thermal energy to the thermochemical syst... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7658071 | Solfire solar concentrator and pointer structure Solar generators have Fresnel lenses and spaced heat absorbers or photovoltaic cells for receiving focused solar rays. Heat is removed from their backs by boiling liquid in conical receivers. Pins or fins extend rearward into the receivers from the heat absorbers or... | 02/09/2010 |
| 7640746 | Method and system integrating solar heat into a regenerative rankine steam cycle A method to integrate collected solar thermal energy into the feedwater system of a Rankine cycle power plant is disclosed. This novelty uses a closed loop, single phase fluid system to collect both the solar heat and to provide the heat input into the feedwater str... | 01/05/2010 |
| 7628017 | Production of hydrogen using low-energy solar energy The invention relates to a device for production of hydrogen, using low-energy solar energy, by means of solar traps (1) to give hot water (3) during the day and thermal radiators (2) to give cold water (4) during the night. The hot and c... | 12/08/2009 |
| 7481057 | Low cost solar energy extraction While solar energy is widely available, current means to harness it are sufficiently expensive that for most applications it is not economically viable. The basic problem is that solar energy is not sufficiently concentrated, and the cost of the collector becomes th... | 01/27/2009 |
| 7475543 | System and method for conveying thermal energy A system and method for conveying thermal energy using thermally conductive solid objects within a closed circuit. ... | 01/13/2009 |
| 7444816 | Solar power station A solar power station includes a solar panel assembly, having a substantially planar solar panel, and first, second and third towers. Each of the towers includes multiple vertically stacked floors and a main bearing structure pivotally mounting the solar panel assem... | 11/04/2008 |
| 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 heat. The gas permeable body of light absorbing material is supported in... | 03/11/2008 |
| 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 conditioners. The solar generator system includes a plurality of said heat exchan... | 03/11/2008 |
| 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 spacecraft includes a reflector for reflecting solar radiation onto a ... | 03/04/2008 |
| 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 the fuel cell via a heat exchanger. A digital controller bypasses a ... | 02/26/2008 |
| 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 electricity from solar insolation, or to store the solar energy in a tang... | 02/19/2008 |
| 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/mm2 according to JIS K7127, a solar radiation transmittance of at least 85% according to JIS R310... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7325399 | Coolant penetrating cold-end pressure vessel An improvement is provided to a pressurized close-cycle machine that has a cold-end pressure vessel and is of the type having a piston undergoing reciprocating linear motion within a cylinder containing a working fluid heated by conduction through a heater head by h... | 02/05/2008 |
| 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 photovoltaic cells. The cells are on heat sinks in altitude-tracking linea... | 11/27/2007 |
| 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 solar energy to an absorber/cavity. The thermal energy is extracted f... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7295095 | Electric component and method of producing the same In a push-pull switching circuit for a low-voltage, large current application, a decrease in resistance of a transformer and of its peripheral circuit is sought for. In view of this, a coil (2) is fixed at its terminal (T1) side, and is wound around a ... | 11/13/2007 |
| 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 least one storage cell. The solar panel collects solar energy and tra... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7275501 | System and method using capacitors to power an automatic feeder system A method and apparatus relates to systems powered by energy stored in capacitors. The capacitors may be charged using any desired power source. The system does not require batteries, which increases the reliability and life span of the system. In one example, an aut... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7267114 | Wildland fire vehicle escape system A wildland fire truck engine emergency combustion oxygen supply apparatus for the prevention of stalling of the engine in an oxygen depleted environment. The apparatus has a storage tank mounted on the vehicle for the storage of oxygen, nitrous oxide, or air, a feed... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7260934 | External combustion engine An organic Rankine engine used to power a vehicle is provided with a quick-start system of pumps, electric heaters or pistons to generate a pressure differential across the motor, prior to the engine reaching operating conditions. ... | 08/28/2007 |
| 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, which were mostly immersed in a steam generator to induce water temperat... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7238879 | Solar cell module Provided is a solar cell module having a reinforcing member integrally stacked by means of a covering material on a rear surface of a solar cell panel having a photovoltaic element that performs photoelectric conversion, wherein a bent portion is formed in each of o... | 07/03/2007 |
| 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 roof sheet comprising at least one wall, and further comprises a subs... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7233079 | Renewable energy electric power generating system A renewable electric power system includes a high temperature superconducting wind turbine using high temperature superconducting yttrium-barium-copper oxide for the rotor and stator windings as well as a superconducting bearing. Power from the turbine is stored in ... | 06/19/2007 |
| 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 connected to each hybrid solar concentrator and each hybrid luminaire. A... | 06/12/2007 |
| 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 having high surface area material therein receives a water stream inclu... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7199482 | System and method for controlling effective wind farm power output A method for controlling variability in power output of a wind farm supplying power to a grid includes monitoring a power output level of the wind farm. The monitored power output level is compared to a target power output level. A command is issued to increase or d... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7191597 | 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 electricity from solar insolation, or to store the solar energy in a tang... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7188478 | Power generation system and method of operating same A power generation system comprising a liquid-cooled electrolyzer operable to produce a supply of hydrogen from water is provided. The power generation system may also comprise a steam turbine and a steam production device operable to produce a supply of steam to th... | 03/13/2007 |
| 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 heat. The heat being created has been generated by the focused solar ... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7178339 | Closed-loop cooling system for a hydrogen/oxygen based combustor A closed-loop cooling system is provided for a hydrogen/oxygen based combustor. A combustion reaction between hydrogen and oxygen in the combustor produces steam. The steam is used to generate work from a turbine shaft, which is used to drive a propulsion system for... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7175362 | Synthetic covering systems for safety areas of airports Systems, methods and apparatuses for airport safety areas, runways and taxiways is provided. Various attachment systems for installing a synthetic covering are described. The use of artificial turf as well as various embodiments for a suitable synthetic matting for ... | 02/13/2007 |
