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US 11,619,399 B1Granted
Systems and methods for direct use of solar energy
OwnerWilliam H. Whiteinventor
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Abstract
Apparatuses and methods for using direct solar radiation. The apparatus may include a housing defining a window configured to transmit solar radiation and a secondary radiation source for transmitting a second radiation in response to the solar radiation via a non-transitory computer-readable medium having computer-readable instructions stored thereon and configured to be executed by a processor to measure the solar radiation and actuate the secondary radiation source.
Claims20
An apparatus for use of solar energy comprising:
- a housing including one or more walls defining a window such that an environment outside the housing is separated from an environment inside the housing, the window configured to transmit a solar radiation into the housing without voltaic conversion;
- a duct within the housing, the duct having one or more partitions configured to contain a volume of air separate from the environment inside the housing such that the volume of air within the duct is heated by the solar radiation;
- a secondary radiation source configured to emit a second radiation;
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- a non-transitory computer-readable medium having computer-readable instructions stored thereon configured to be executed by a processor to perform the following functions:
- measure a first amount of the solar radiation;
- actuate the secondary radiation source to emit a second amount of the second radiation in response to the first amount of the solar radiation;
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- a fixture configured to position a plurality of articles in a first position to cure an uncured composition on the plurality of articles by thermal exposure from the first amount of solar radiation and the second amount of second radiation wherein the fixture is a conveyor system.
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A system for use of solar energy comprising:
- a production line including a housing defining a space and including one or more windows each configured to transmit a solar radiation into the housing without voltaic conversion and made of a material having a solar transmittance of at least 60;
- a duct within the space and having one or more walls to contain a volume of air, the duct configured to absorb the solar radiation received from the one or more windows to heat the volume of air within the duct;
- a plurality of secondary radiation sources configured to emit a second radiation;
- a non-transitory computer-readable medium having computer-readable instructions stored thereon configured to be executed by a processor to perform the following functions:
- measure a first amount of the solar radiation;
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- actuate the secondary radiation sources to emit a second amount of the second radiation in response to the first amount of the solar radiation;
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- a fixture configured to supplement the first amount of the solar radiation with the second amount of the second radiation to attain a combined amount of radiation and configured to transport and expose a plurality of articles having an uncured coating composition to the combined amount of radiation.
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A system for use of solar energy comprising:
- a housing located on a roof or forming a portion of the roof and defining a window configured to transmit solar radiation into the housing;
- an absorptive material positioned to receive the solar radiation and emit a first amount of heat in the housing;
- a duct configured to receive the first amount of heat;
- a secondary heater configured to emit an additional amount of heat;
- and a non-transitory computer-readable medium having computer-readable instructions stored thereon configured to be executed by a processor to perform the following functions:
- determine the first amount of heat;
- actuate the secondary heater to emit the additional amount of heat in response to the first amount of heat;
- measure a third amount of heat from the solar radiation and adjust the additional amount of heat based on the third amount of heat;
- and a fixture within the housing configured to receive the first amount of heat and the additional amount of heat.
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A method for use of solar energy on a production line comprising:
- coating a plurality of articles with an uncured coating composition;
- measuring a first amount of a solar radiation transmitted through a window of a housing that is configured to generate a first thermal radiation to a volume of air disposed in a duct within the housing, the duct being separate from an environment in the housing;
- radiating a second radiation at a second amount in response to the first amount;
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- directing the first thermal radiation and second radiation to a fixture configured to position the plurality of articles in a position for receiving the first amount and second amount of radiation such that the uncured coating composition is cured.
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