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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7946287 | Hybrid photovoltaic concentrating system with corrected total reflection reflectors for very large concentrating ratios Solar concentrator system(s) that include parabolic Total Reflection Reflectors with corrected Curved Rectangular Total Reflection Prisms are provided. The corrected Curved Rectangular Total Reflection Prisms remove optical imperfections of diffusion typically prese... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7845345 | Solar-powered system and method for providing utilities A solar-powered system and method for producing a utility, such as electricity, hot water, and/or potable water is disclosed. The system may be configured to produce the utilities alone or in combination. The system may comprise a fluid medium, a converter, one or m... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7081584 | Solar based electrical energy generation with spectral cooling Method and system for converting solar energy into electrical energy utilizing serially coupled multijunction-type photovoltaic cells in conjunction with a form of spectral cooling. The latter cooling is carried out by removing ineffective solar energy components fr... | 07/25/2006 |
| 6959993 | Solar concentrator array with individually adjustable elements A tracking heliostat array comprises a plurality of optical elements. The tracking heliostat array further comprises a frame separated from the optical elements. Each of the optical elements has an orientation with respect to the frame. The tracking heliostat array ... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6945246 | Solar radiation reflector and solar energy system comprising the solar radiation reflector A solar radiation reflector comprising a plurality of arms arranged in parallel, a plurality of driver mechanisms driven, respectively, by the arms, a plurality of reflectors turned, respectively, by the driven mechanisms, a plurality of reflection direction designa... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6820611 | Solar radiation concentrator and method of concentration solar radiation A solar radiation concentrator rotated about a straight line vertical to the reflector arrangement surfaces so that the incident solar radiation can be led onto the reflector arrangement surface along the specified direction and a method of concentrating solar radia... | 11/23/2004 |
| 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 that sunlight is reflected and concentrated along a focal... | 02/24/2004 |
| 6620995 | Non-imaging system for radiant energy flux transformation A non-imaging energy flux transformation system including a concentrator incorporating a set of nested, ring-like, concave reflective elements, and a receiver. The system efficiently concentrates radiant energy, such as sunlight, by means of focusing the ... | 09/16/2003 |
| 6498290 | 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 that sunlight is reflected and concentrated along a focal... | 12/24/2002 |
| 6164786 | Electromagnetic rafiation concentrator system An array of concentrators of electromagnetic radiation (i.e., visible light, radio waves, etc.) employing one or more concentrating devices. Each concentrating device includes: a concentrator system for concentrating the incident electromagnetic radiation... | 12/26/2000 |
| 5685289 | Heat storage device A two layer system for heat energy capture and storage with an upper or lower layer for heat extracting and the other layer for heat transfer. Either layer can function as a phase change material. Heat stored is conducted externally of the system and can ... | 11/11/1997 |
| 5421322 | Central solar receiver A central solar receiver comprising a housing with a frusto-conical window for the admission of incident concentrated solar radiation, a volumetric solar absorber within the housing surrounding the window, means for the injection of working fluid into con... | 06/06/1995 |
| 5058564 | Solar collector A solar collector includes a collector body having a substantially curved collector surface. A reflective device projects from the collector body and reflects incident solar energy to the collector surface. The collector body is substantially conical and ... | 10/22/1991 |
| 4999059 | Universal solar concentrator panel A solar concentrator device has a solar energy receiver and a solar energy reflector including a plurality of individual panels turnable about two mutually perpendicular axes so that the panels in one row are jointly turnable about a first axis, the panel... | 03/12/1991 |
| 4995377 | Dual axis solar collector assembly A solar collector involves an elongate main boom having a longitudinal axis and a solar collector frame. Brackets are provided for pivotally mounting the solar collector frame to the main boom for pivotal motion about a first pivotal axis substantially pa... | 02/26/1991 |
| 4927257 | Kinematic truss A telescope body is disclosed. The telescope body generally includes a primary structure for holding a mirror, a secondary structure for holding a means for receiving a reflection from the mirror, and a mounting section connecting the primary and secondar... | 05/22/1990 |
| 4845511 | Space deployable domed solar concentrator with foldable panels and hinge therefor A space deployable solar energy concentrator is formed of a dome-shaped arrangement of compactly stowable flat panel segments mounted on a collapsible, space-deployable support structure of interconnected linear components. The support structure is compri... | 07/04/1989 |
| 4719903 | Variable aperture, variable flux density, aerospace solar collector A trough-type reflecting solar concentrator and receiver system for aerospace use is disclosed. The reflecting surface is a thin flexible sheet attached to and disposed between curved ribs. The amount of the sheet reflecting sunlight can be changed by win... | 01/19/1988 |
| 4608964 | Tension solar mirror A tension solar mirror for a solar collector having a central collector tower is formed from a thin, concave-shaped sheet of fabric, or other flexible material, having a reflective surface on the concave side thereof. The sheet is supported by a plurality... | 09/02/1986 |
| 4602853 | Solar energy concentrating and collecting arrangement A multiple reflector solar energy reflecting arrangement has a pair of concavely arcuate reflectors constructed for side-by-side interlocking relation, the adjacent sides of the reflectors having respective interfitting connectors thereon, the connector o... | 07/29/1986 |
| 4583519 | Heat exchanger Heat exchangers which, through convection or radiation, are designed to absorb varyingly high energy flow about the circumference of their heat transmission walls. The cross-sectional area of the heat exchanger is subdivided into two or more flow passagew... | 04/22/1986 |
| 4583521 | Portable solar cooking apparatus The cooking apparatus has a reflector shaped to concentrate the sun's rays and direct them onto a cooking vessel. The reflector is formed of at least two panels, each of which has a surface contour which interfits the other when they are folded together f... | 04/22/1986 |
| 4548195 | Solar energy apparatus with automatic tracking alignment adjustments Automatic alignment adjustments are incorporated into the tracking control program of a concentrating solar collector apparatus to skew the alignment of aspheric, nonparabolic reflectors slightly off the half angle between the sun and fixed receivers. The... | 10/22/1985 |
| 4546756 | Tracking system A system of tracking the sun each day of the year with compensation for changes in time of sunrise and time of sunset as well as sun declination on a day to day basis, declination being under control of a crank that makes one revolution per year. The equa... | 10/15/1985 |
| 4546758 | Solar-tower power station Solar-tower power plant, including a tower having a base and an upper end, an array of mirrors disposed around the base of the tower, a solar heater being disposed at the upper end of the tower and having a cavity formed therein defining a wall adjacent t... | 10/15/1985 |
| 4541414 | Apparatus for collecting sunlight A sunlight collector for collecting, in particular, diffuse radiation of sunlight comprising a cylinder having a relatively wide entrance aperture for receiving the natural light and a relatively narrow exit aperture for introducing the concentrated diffu... | 09/17/1985 |
| 4535754 | Manufactured fuel assisted solar heat exchanger A heat exchange system operates on solar energy, supplemented by nonsolar manufactured fuels such as electricity, natural gas, propane and the like. The system includes a solar heat collector and a heat exchanger for delivering the collected solar heat to... | 08/20/1985 |
| 4491388 | Support carriage for a solar concentrator A support system for a solar concentrator (10), the support system capable of rotating the solar concentrator (10) in both a horizontal, or azimuth plane, and in a vertical, or altitude, plane. The support system includes a footing (12) to which a spindle... | 01/01/1985 |
| 4485803 | Solar receiver with interspersed panels A solar receiver comprising a plurality of vapor generating tube panels and a plurality of superheating tube panels interspersed with the vapor generating tube panels to maintain nearly a constant absorbed power ratio between the superheating and vapor ge... | 12/04/1984 |
| 4459972 | Heliostat assembly An improved heliostat comprises a focusing reflector having a toroidal configuration. Mounting means for the reflector comprises means defining a first axis parallel to the earth's polar axis, and means defining a declination axis perpendicular to the fir... | 07/17/1984 |
| 4457297 | Modular solar concentrator A modular solar radiation concentrator consists of many identical reflective panels (1), each having the shape of a portion of the surface of a sphere. The panels (1) are mass produced, mounted between a pair of horizontal beams (2) so they can partially ... | 07/03/1984 |
| 4449514 | Solar concentrator protective system A system is described for use with a solar concentrator such as a parabolic dish type that concentrates solar radiation onto a small opening (18) of a receiver, for protecting the receiver in certain circumstances, including tracking failure wherein the c... | 05/22/1984 |
| 4408595 | Turret mounted solar concentrator with boom mounted secondary mirror or collector A solar energy concentrator/collector assembly employing an altitude-azimuth dual axis scanning mounting assembly including a base with a circular track for mounting the assembly for rotation about a vertical axis. The assembly includes a turret defining ... | 10/11/1983 |
| 4387702 | Solar tracking system An optical/mechanical solar tracking system having a lens for focusing the sun's rays for use by an element which changes shape in response to heat. The change of shape of the element is used to operate a mechanical brake which allows the tracking system ... | 06/14/1983 |
| 4365618 | Heliostatic solar energy conversion system A heliostatic solar energy conversion system in which a plurality of multi-faceted heliostats are supported on one or more platforms that move in a segment of a circular path about a central receiver as a center. The heliostats are mounted in frames that ... | 12/28/1982 |
| 4358183 | Solar reflecting panel A solar reflecting panel for use with a variety of apparatus for concentrating solar radiation on a close range or distant receiver for producing high temperatures at the receiver in order to commercially utilize the heat energy thereby generated. The sol... | 11/09/1982 |
| 4354484 | Solar collection system A solar energy collection system for receiving and collecting a concentrated supply of available energy from the sun includes a reflector having an internal structural frame covered by a thin deformable film at the front and a membrane cover enclosing the... | 10/19/1982 |
| 4347834 | Variable entropy solar energy harvester A collector of solar energy has, in cross-section, the profile of a nested, truncated and inverted trough which is formed as an array of concentric annular conic frusta. The array ascends from a base, defined by the outermost frustum, to a vertex defined ... | 09/07/1982 |
| 4318393 | Porous surface solar energy receiver A porous surface receiver and concentrator of reflected solar radiation. The receiver is part of a moderately or strongly concentrating solar collector such as a solar power tower system. In the latter, radiation is reflected by a plurality of heliostats ... | 03/09/1982 |
| 4312326 | Electro-magnetic radiation reflective concentrator A system for concentrating electro-magnetic radiation, such as solar radiation, by means of a plurality of reflectors mounted on a common frame and aimed at a radiation absorber that is rigidly coupled to the frame by an intermediate support. The combined... | 01/26/1982 |
