# US 12,181,185 B2 · Receiver for solar concentration systems and process for realizing said receiver > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,181,185 B2 - Document ID: US12181185B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 18/252,251 - Filed: 2021-08-23 - Published: 2023-12-28 - Granted: 2024-12-31 - Earliest claimed: 2020-11-13 - Assignees: Greenetica Distribution S.R.L. - Applicants: Greenetica Distribution S.R.L. - Inventors: Antonio Sichirollo; Andrea Biasutti - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12181185B2 ## CPC - F24S 20/20: Solar heat collectors for receiving concentrated solar energy, e.g. receivers for solar power plants - F24S 23/74: with trough-shaped or cylindro-parabolic reflective surfaces - F24S 30/425: Horizontal axis - F24S 40/80: Accommodating differential expansion of solar collector elements - F24S 80/50: Elements for transmitting incoming solar rays and preventing outgoing heat radiation; Transparent coverings - H02S 10/10: including a supplementary source of electric power, e.g. hybrid diesel-PV energy systems (combinations with gas-turbine plants F02C6/00) - H02S 40/22: Light-reflecting or light-concentrating means (directly associated with the PV cell or integrated with the PV cell H10F77/42) - H02S 40/40: Thermal components (H02S10/30 takes precedence) - H02S 40/44: Means to utilise heat energy, e.g. hybrid systems producing warm water and electricity at the same time (directly associated with the PV cell or integrated with the PV cell H10F77/67) - F24S 23/70: with reflectors - Y02E 10/47: Mountings or tracking - Y02E 10/52: PV systems with concentrators - Y02E 10/60: Thermal-PV hybrids - F24S: SOLAR HEAT COLLECTORS; SOLAR HEAT SYSTEMS (for producing mechanical power from solar energy F03G6/00) - H02S: GENERATION OF ELECTRIC POWER BY CONVERSION OF INFRARED RADIATION, VISIBLE LIGHT OR ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT, e.g. USING PHOTOVOLTAIC [PV] MODULES (obtaining electrical energy from radioactive sources G21H1/12; light sensitive inorganic semiconductor devices H10F; light sensitive organic semiconductor devices H10K30/00; thermoelectric devices H10N10/00; pyroelectric devices H10N15/00) - Y02E: REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION ## Abstract A receiver for solar concentrating systems including a container including at least one transparent wall configured to receive solar rays from a solar concentrator and defining at least one cavity housing, a conversion module configured to convert solar energy taken from the solar rays into thermal and/or electrical energy and housed within part of the cavity close to the wall and separated from the wall by a slot, and transparent optical gel housed within the cavity and configured to completely occupy at least the slot to shield the conversion module. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A receiver for solar concentrating systems comprising: a container including at least one transparent wall configured to receive solar rays from a solar concentrator and defining at least one cavity of housing, a conversion module configured to convert solar energy taken from said solar rays into thermal and/or electrical energy and housed within a part of said cavity close to said wall and separated from said wall by a slot, and transparent optical gel housed within said cavity and configured to completely occupy at least said slot so as to shield said conversion module, wherein said container comprises one or more bearings housed within said cavity and configured to expand in proportion to said gel in such a way that compensate eventual dilations of said gel. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The receiver according to claim 1, wherein said gel completely occupies the part of said cavity not occupied by said conversion module in such a way as to eliminate any empty space within said cavity. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The receiver according to claim 1, wherein said container comprises accesses in fluid flow connection with said cavity and configured to allow the entry or the expulsion of said gel in or from said cavity and said receiver further comprises caps arranged close to each said access and configured to seal said accesses so as to hermetically close said gel within said cavity. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The receiver according to claim 1, wherein said conversion module comprises at least a first photovoltaic acquisition device facing said wall and a second thermal acquisition device configured to acquire heat from said first acquisition device. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The receiver according to claim 1, wherein said second acquisition device comprises a heat exchanger arranged micro-channels in contact with said first acquisition device on an opposite side with respect to said slot. ### Claim 6 (depends on 3) The receiver according to claim 3, wherein said container defines an extension axis along which extend said wall, said cavity and said conversion module, said accesses are two in number and arranged at two opposite ends, along said extension axis, of said container and said bearings are elastic tubular elements extending parallel to said extension axis. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) A solar concentrating system comprising a receiver according to claim 1 and a concentrator including a support and a mirror configured to reflect said solar rays towards said receiver. ### Claim 8 (depends on 6) A process for realization of a receiver according to claim 6, comprising: arranging said receiver within a controllable pressure chamber in connection of fluid passage through one of said accesses with an external container including said gel, degas said gel at low pressure inside said external container, depressurize said controllable pressure chamber in such a way as to create a lower pressure than the external container and push said gel to enter said cavity through said access, wait for said gel to completely saturate said cavity and reach the other of said accesses. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The process according to claim 8, comprising: plugging said accesses with said caps at the end of said waiting phase in such a way as to seal said gel within said cavity.