# US 10,480,827 B2 · Solar heat collector

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- Number: US 10,480,827 B2
- Document ID: US10480827B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 15/573,283
- Filed: 2016-03-22
- Published: 2018-04-26
- Granted: 2019-11-19
- Earliest claimed: 2015-05-14
- Assignees: Toyo Engineering Corporation
- Applicants: Toyo Engineering Corporation
- Inventors: Yoshinobu Kato; Kiyoshi Satake
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10480827B2

## CPC

- F24S 10/45: {the enclosure being cylindrical}
- F24S 10/70: the working fluids being conveyed through tubular absorbing conduits
- F24S 23/70: with reflectors
- F24S 30/425: Horizontal axis
- F24S 30/455: Horizontal primary axis
- F24S 50/20: for tracking
- F24S 70/225: for spectrally selective absorption
- F24S 2023/87: {Reflectors layout}
- Y02E 10/40: Solar thermal energy, e.g. solar towers
- Y02E 10/44: Heat exchange systems
- Y02E 10/47: Mountings or tracking
- F24S: SOLAR HEAT COLLECTORS; SOLAR HEAT SYSTEMS (for producing mechanical power from solar energy F03G6/00)
- Y02E: REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION

## Abstract

A solar heat collector with high heat collection effect is provided. The solar heat collector includes a first heat collection pipe and a second heat collection pipe. The first heat collection pipe receives reflected light from a single-axial tracking solar type reflective mirror group to collect heat. The second heat collection pipe receives reflected light from the single-axial tracking solar type reflective mirror group and dual-axial tracking solar type reflective mirror groups to collect heat. The second heat collection pipe has an amount of heat collection per unit area larger than the first heat collection pipe. Therefore, compared with the use of only the first heat collection pipe, this ensures obtaining larger energy.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A solar heat collector comprising:
a reflective mirror group including a single-axial tracking solar type reflective mirror group and a dual-axial tracking solar type reflective mirror group;
a heat collection collector configured to collect light from the reflective mirror group to obtain heat, and
a heating medium is caused to move from a first end of the heat collector on an upstream to a second end on an opposite side on a downstream,
wherein:
the heat collector comprising a continuous heating medium flow passage including a combination of a first heat collection pipe and a second heat collection pipe, the first heat collection pipe having a small amount of heat collection per unit area, the second heat collection pipe having an amount of heat collection per unit area larger than the first heat collection pipe,
the first heat collection pipe and the second heat collection pipe have a double-pipe structure including an inner metal pipe, a glass pipe, and a vacuum space, the heating medium flowing through the metal pipe, the glass pipe being disposed outside the metal pipe, the vacuum space being disposed between the metal pipe and the glass pipe,
the first heat collection pipe receives reflected light only from the single-axial tracking solar type reflective mirror group to collect heat, and
the second heat collection pipe receives reflected light from both the single-axial tracking solar type reflective mirror group and the dual-axial tracking solar type reflective mirror group to collect heat.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The heat collector according to claim 1, wherein:
the heat collector comprises the combination of the first heat collection pipe and the second heat collection pipe includes the first heat collection pipe and the second heat collection pipe coupled in alternation in a longitudinal direction.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The heat collector according to claim 1, wherein:
the single-axial tracking solar type reflective mirror group includes a combination of reflective mirrors selected from Fresnel reflective mirrors and trough reflective mirrors, and
the dual-axial tracking solar type reflective mirror group includes a combination of dual-axial tracking solar type reflective mirrors, the dual-axial tracking solar type reflective mirror having a surface area 5 to 20% of a surface area of the one single-axial tracking solar type reflective mirror.

### Claim 4

A solar heat collector comprising:
a reflective mirror group including a single-axial tracking solar type reflective mirror group and a dual-axial tracking solar type reflective mirror group;
a heat collector configured to collect light from the reflective mirror group to obtain heat; and
a heating medium is caused to move from a first end of the heat collector on an upstream to a second end on an opposite side on a downstream,
wherein the heat collector comprises a continuous heating medium flow passage including a combination of a first heat collection pipe and a second heat collection pipe, wherein:
the first heat collection pipe having a small amount of heat collection per unit area,
the second heat collection pipe having an amount of heat collection per unit area larger than the first heat collection pipe,
the first heat collection pipe and the second heat collection pipe have a double-pipe structure including an inner metal pipe, a glass pipe, and a vacuum space, the heating medium flowing through the metal pipe, the glass pipe being disposed outside the metal pipe, the vacuum space being disposed between the metal pipe and the glass pipe,
the first heat collection pipe is disposed on the upstream, the second heat collection pipe being disposed on the downstream with respect to the first heat collection pipe, the first heat collection pipe being coupled to the second heat collection pipe by at least a transport pipe for the heating medium,
the first heat collection pipe only receives reflected light from the single-axial tracking solar type reflective mirror group to collect heat, and
the second heat collection pipe receives reflected light from both the single-axial tracking solar type reflective mirror group and the dual-axial tracking solar type reflective mirror group to collect heat.

### Claim 5 (depends on 4)

The solar heat collector according to claim 4, wherein:
the first heat collection pipe is a plurality of the first heat collection pipes coupled to one another,
the second heat collection pipe is a plurality of the second heat collection pipes coupled with the transport pipe for the heating medium, and
the first heat collection pipes disposed on the upstream and the second heat collection pipes disposed on the downstream are coupled with the transport pipe for the heating medium.

### Claim 6 (depends on 4)

The solar heat collector according to claim 4, wherein:
the first heat collection pipe is a plurality of the first heat collection pipes coupled to one another,
the second heat collection pipe is a plurality of the second heat collection pipes with a length of less than 2 m, the second heat collection pipes being coupled to one another with the transport pipe for the heating medium with a length of 3 m or more, and
the first heat collection pipes disposed on the upstream and the second heat collection pipes disposed on the downstream are coupled with the transport pipe for the heating medium.

### Claim 7 (depends on 4)

The solar heat collector according to claim 4, wherein:
the single-axial tracking solar type reflective mirror group includes a combination of reflective mirrors selected from Fresnel reflective mirrors and trough reflective mirrors, and
the dual-axial tracking solar type reflective mirror group includes a combination of dual-axial tracking solar type reflective mirrors, the dual-axial tracking solar type reflective mirror having a surface area 5 to 20% of a surface area of the one single-axial tracking solar type reflective mirror.