Receiver
AssigneeSynhelion SA
InventorsGianluca Ambrosetti, Philipp Good
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Abstract
The invention relates to a receiver (50) having an absorber (55) and an opening (53) for the solar rays incident on the absorber (55) during operation, wherein a window (52, 60, 61, 62) is provided, which covers the opening (53), and wherein a changing assembly (51) is provided, which interacts with said window to change the window (52) covering the opening (53) for another window (60, 61, 62).
Claims25
A receiver having an absorber and an opening for solar rays incident on the absorber during operation, a window being provided, which covers the opening, characterised by a changing assembly interacting with said window to change the window covering the opening for another window, wherein the receiver is designed as an absorptive receiver, and wherein a ratio X of a temperature increase of a heat-transporting fluid in the receiver due to absorption of radiation to a total temperature increase due to absorption and convection at the absorber is ≥0.3.
A solar power plant comprising a receiver, characterised in that the plant has a changing assembly to change a window covering an opening of the receiver for another window, wherein the receiver is designed as an absorptive receiver and wherein a ratio X of a temperature increase of a heat-transporting fluid in the receiver due to absorption of radiation to a total temperature increase due to absorption and convection at the absorber is ≥0.3.
A method for maintaining a window designed for incidence of solar radiation into a receiver, characterised in that a window requiring maintenance, during operation of the receiver, is replaced by a changing assembly interacting with the receiver for another window not requiring maintenance, wherein the receiver is designed as an absorptive receiver, and wherein a ratio X of a temperature increase of a heat-transporting fluid in the receiver due to absorption of radiation to a total temperature increase due to absorption and convection at the absorber is ≥0.3.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.