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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7552727 | Stationary, solar-powered boiler for generating steam A boiler for generating steam has a substantially enclosed housing configured to contain an amount of water to be boiled, the housing having one or more thermally conductive sidewalls which form a substantially enclosed water chamber and a reflection chamber, the re... | 06/30/2009 |
| 7380549 | Solar energy concentrator for power plants A solar concentrator includes a mirror 24 having a frame 27 connected with a lever 55, a train 36 supporting the frame 27 and the lever 55, a first control cable 28 connected with the frame 27, and a second con... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7325679 | Environmentally controlled sports equipment bag A sports equipment bag includes a flexible elongated body defining an equipment storage region. The body includes at least one recloseable opening and an outwardly facing reflective barrier layer having a reflectivity of at least 80 percent. At least a portion of th... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7263992 | Volumetric solar receiver Volumetric solar receivers are disclosed. An illustrated volumetric solar receiver includes a heat absorbing cavity (1), a glass window, and a working fluid inlet pipe (2) and an outlet pipe (3) connecting with the heat absorbing cavity (1 | 09/04/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7227077 | Light element with a translucent surface A light element with a translucent surface includes an energy converter, wherein the translucent surface is so formed as to direct only that portion of the radiation onto the energy converter that impinges on the translucent surface. The energy converter may be a so... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7213931 | Method for reflecting radiation emanating from a source A method for effecting solar radiation in space prior to the solar radiation reaching Earth. The method includes the steps of choosing a location between the Earth and the sun, focusing reflected solar radiation from two reflectors upon the location, monitoring sola... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7185610 | Heated flooring module for livestock stables A heated flooring module is provided for livestock stables, which includes an upper plaque, for walking on, which is essentially level; a hollowed central section, with no bottom surface, whose upper surface is equipped with at least one continuous runnel, adapted t... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7004317 | Environmentally controlled sports equipment bag A sports equipment bag includes a flexible elongated body defining an equipment storage region. The body includes at least one recloseable opening and an outwardly facing reflective barrier layer having a reflectivity of at least 80 percent. At least a portion of th... | 02/28/2006 |
| 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 header. To eliminate the presence of gaps between the tubes of adjacent ... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6926440 | Infrared temperature sensors for solar panel A solar receiver system for utilizing solar energy to produce electrical power and to generate a temperature profile of a plurality of receiver tubes utilized in the system. The solar receiver system includes a solar receiver having a plurality of receiver panels in... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6922908 | Vegetable product drying A dryer is constructed and arranged to dry vegetable product, such as coffee beans. The dryer includes a thermal collector that is constructed and arranged to convert solar energy to heat energy, a heat transfer system, and a housing that defines a drying chamber. T... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6911110 | Thermally controlled solar reflector facet with heat recovery A high concentration central receiver system and method provides improved reflectors and a unique heat removal system. The central receiver has a plurality of interconnected reflectors coupled to a tower structure at a predetermined height above ground for reflectin... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6827082 | Reaction chamber with a protected surface A reaction chamber has a surface to be protected and a longitudinal axis transverse to this surface. For the protection of the surface, a method is used comprising introducing a primary flow of reactants into the chamber in a manner whirling around the longitudinal ... | 12/07/2004 |
| 6736134 | Thin wall header for use in molten salt solar absorption panels This invention provides a thin wall header fabricated from a nickel-base superalloy, UNS N06626, for the solar absorption panels in a molten nitrate salt solar central receiver. The thin wall header is obtained by using multiple flow distribution nozzles to yield th... | 05/18/2004 |
| 6708687 | Thermally controlled solar reflector facet with heat recovery A method and high concentration central receiver system provide improved reflectors and a unique heat removal system. The central receiver has a plurality of interconnected reflectors coupled to a tower structure at a predetermined height above ground for reflecting... | 03/23/2004 |
| 6644303 | Solar lighter for a smoking instrument A solar powered pipe for use in igniting pipe tobacco. The solar pipe has a light concentrating lens to direct the sun's rays onto the tobacco in a pipe and a retractable arm to regulate the intensity of the heat over the tobacco from the light concentrat... | 11/11/2003 |
| 6613288 | Device for releasing a volatile medium An apparatus for heating a volatile medium is provided. The apparatus of the invention includes a base and a rotatable lens positioned above the base. The rotatable lens rotates independently of the base in the direction of a light source. The lens is pos... | 09/02/2003 |
| 6530369 | Solar energy plant A solar radiation concentrating system (1) comprises at least two reflectors (12, 16) successively arranged along an optical path (4) of the system (1) so that a first (12) of the two reflectors (12, 16) reflects the radiation towards a second (16) of the... | 03/11/2003 |
| 6516794 | Central solar receiver A central solar receiver comprises an axisymmetric housing having front and rear ends and having an aperture at the front end, an elongated tubular window mounted in the aperture co-axially with the housing, a volumetric solar absorber disposed within the... | 02/11/2003 |
| 6415783 | Solar energy receiver assembly Solar energy receiver having two or more regions for acceptance of solar radiation, and a means for splitting the solar radiation into two or more wavelength bands. A different band of radiation is incident upon each of the regions. At least one of the re... | 07/09/2002 |
| 6131565 | Solar energy collector system A solar energy collection system which includes n groups (13, 14) of arrayed reflectors (15) and n+1 target receiver systems (10, 11, 12) which represent absorbing surfaces to solar radiation that is reflected by the reflectors (15). The receiver systems ... | 10/17/2000 |
| 6111190 | Inflatable fresnel lens solar concentrator for space power A novel, high-efficiency, extremely light-weight, inflatable refractive solar concentrator for space power is described. It consists of a flexible Fresnel lens, flexible sides, and a back surface, together enclosing a volume of space which can be filled w... | 08/29/2000 |
| 6065284 | Refractory heat transfer module An Integrated Solar Upper Stage receiver is shown for efficiently transferring heat from concentrated solar flux to an interior surface of an annular structure having a plurality of parallel passageways through which hydrogen gas flows and is heated to a ... | 05/23/2000 |
| 6035850 | Concentrator for focusing solar radiation A concentrator for focusing solar radiation onto an elongate absorber, comprising a plurality of transverse supports arranged one behind the other in the longitudinal direction, stabilizing the concentrator in the transverse direction and defining the sha... | 03/14/2000 |
| 6029656 | Energy collector The energy collector has a housing with a cover which is transparent to vble and thermal radiation. One or more heat collectors are disposed in the interior of the housing. The heat collectors are carried by a pipe through which a heat-transport medium f... | 02/29/2000 |
| 6031179 | Color-mixing lens for solar concentrator system and methods of manufacture and operation thereof A color-mixing lens for use in a concentrator system and methods of manufacture and operation thereof. The color-mixing lens includes: (1) a light-transmissive substrate that receives broad spectrum light from a source, (2) a first plurality of prisms, lo... | 02/29/2000 |
| 6003508 | Solar receiver A solar receiver (1) for a solar-thermal power plant, comprising a receiver surface (2) facing towards the concentrated incident solar radiation (8) and including a plurality of mutually spaced absorber bodies (3), is provided with gas channels arranged b... | 12/21/1999 |
| 5979438 | Sunlight collecting system A sunlight collecting system comprises an oval mirror 1 directed downwardly and provided at a given elevation, and a plurality of heliostats 5 arranged on the ground about the oval mirror 1, each heliostat having a concave mirror 13 for reflecting and con... | 11/09/1999 |
| 5947114 | Central solar receiver with a multi component working medium A central solar receiver comprising a tubular housing with a central axis, a radiation admitting aperture and an absorber chamber having an outer wall, two oppositely located ends, an inner-wall-forming substantially tubular transparent window co-axial wi... | 09/07/1999 |
| 5944010 | Shutter means for regulating the fluid flow in an absorber pipe of a solarthermal power plant A shutter (1; 10) for regulating the fluid flow in an absorber pipe (D) of a solar-thermal power plant comprises a shutter body (2) with a central shutter opening (3) for the fluid (F) and a movable throttle element (4; 12) at least partly closing the shu... | 08/31/1999 |
| 5931158 | Pressure vessel An improved pressure vessel which has a fluid flowing through it can be simply manufactured and has a high operational safety. The fluid may be heated by radiation, such as solar radiation. A guiding device with inlet and outlet stream guides is arranged ... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5899199 | Solar energy collector system A solar energy collector system which includes n groups (13, 14) of arrayed reflectors (15) and n 1 target receiver systems (10, 11, 12) which present absorbing surfaces to solar radiation that is reflected by the reflectors (15) within the groups. The re... | 05/04/1999 |
| 5894838 | Window for a central solar receiver with volumetric absorber A transparent windows (4) for a solar radiation receiver assembly and a solar receiver assembly using the same, which assembly comprising a housing (2) having an aperture (3) and holding a volumetric solar absorber (5), the transparent window (4) mounted ... | 04/20/1999 |
| 5862800 | Molten nitrate salt solar central receiver of low cycle fatigue 625 alloy This invention provides a molten salt, solar central smooth tube receiver that is able to effectively absorb a peak solar flux of 1.42 MW/M2 by constructing the receiver from low cycle fatigue 625 alloy. Although higher flux levels are attainab... | 01/26/1999 |
| 5860415 | Portable golf ball warming device A portable, solar powered golf ball warming device includes a hollow black tube as a warming chamber for golf balls. The black tube has separate elastomer loading and dispensing apertures disposed at opposite ends thereof. The black tube is disposed withi... | 01/19/1999 |
| 5850831 | Loose-tight-loose twist, twisted-tape insert solar central receiver This invention reduces a molten salt, solar central receiver's size, pressure loss and cost by using a loose-tight-loose twist, twisted-tape insert inside the receiver's tubes to enhance the tube's heat transfer coefficient. This twist staging is designed... | 12/22/1998 |
| 5797387 | Absorber The invention relates to an absorber designed to absorb radiation and to transfer the energy of the radiation to a heat transport medium. To provide an absorber with high efficiency, the absorber according to the invention comprises a plurality of absorbe... | 08/25/1998 |
| 5787878 | Solar concentrator A steam boiler (14) is situated on a tower (16) at the center of concentric tracks (17), (18), and (19). Poles (21) and (23) have wheels (25) running on the tracks. The poles are kept upright on the tracks with guylines (35) and struts (31) and (33). The ... | 08/04/1998 |
| 5735262 | Solar energy diffuser A diffuser to be used with a solar energy concentrator and a solar energy receiver to more uniformly distribute solar energy to the receiver and to reduce the amount of energy lost due to circulation of air into and out of the receiver. A portion of the s... | 04/07/1998 |
