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US 10,340,434 B2Granted
Combustion module having substantially uniform temperature
AssigneeCommissariat A L'energie Atomique Et Aux Energies Alternatives
InventorEmmanuel Ollier
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Abstract
A combustion module including a body in which are formed several combustion chambers extending parallel to each other along a longitudinal direction between a first end face and a second end face of the body in which they emerge, the distance between the combustion chambers and/or the dimensions of the combustion chambers are chosen so as to reduce a temperature gradient transversal to the combustion chambers.
Claims16
A hybrid solar system comprising:
- a concentrator for concentrating solar radiation;
- at least one combustion module that includes
- a body having a first end face and a second end face, the combustion module being arranged such that concentrated radiation illuminates one face of the body, and
- several combustion chambers formed in said body, and extending parallel to each other along a longitudinal direction between the first end face and the second end face of the body, a distance between the combustion chambers and/or dimensions of the combustion chambers being chosen so as to reduce a temperature gradient transversal to the combustion chambers, wherein
- the body comprises two lateral faces and first combustion chambers situated near to the lateral faces and second combustion chambers arranged between the first combustion chambers, the first combustion chambers having a transversal cross-section greater than the second combustion chambers;
- a convertor for converting thermal energy into electricity on a face opposite to that illuminated by the concentrated solar radiation;
- and
- a controller for controlling combustion in the combustion module as a function of the concentrated solar radiation.
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A hybrid solar system comprising:
- a concentrator for concentrating solar radiation:
- at least one combustion module that includes
- a body having a first end face and a second end face, the combustion module being arranged such that concentrated radiation illuminates one face of the body, and
- several combustion chambers formed in the body, and extending parallel to each other along a longitudinal direction between the first end face and the second end face of the body, a distance between the combustion chambers and/or dimensions of the combustion chambers being chosen so as to reduce a temperature gradient transversal to the combustion chambers, wherein
- the body comprises two lateral faces and first combustion chambers situated near to the lateral faces and second combustion chambers arranged between the first combustion chambers;
- a convertor for converting thermal energy into electricity on a face opposite to that illuminated by the concentrated solar radiation;
- and
- a controller for controlling combustion in the combustion module as a function of the concentrated solar radiation, wherein
- a distance between a pair of second combustion chambers is greater than a distance separating a first combustion chamber and a second combustion chamber.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.