Sandwich structure unit for solar collector mirrors
AssigneeCarbonia Composites AB
InventorTobias Blomberg
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Abstract
The present invention discloses a solar panel mirror unit (1) being shaped, such as curved, and having a sandwich structure, said sandwich structure comprising an outermost front reflecting layer (2), intended as the sun reflecting layer and therefore having a reflective coating, said outermost front reflecting layer (2) consisting of a first material having a first thermal expansion coefficient, an intermediate layer (4) having a honeycomb structure and being the core of the sandwich structure, and an innermost rear layer (5) consisting of a second material having a second thermal expansion coefficient, wherein said first and second thermal expansion coefficients are equal or substantially equal.
Claims20
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Solar panel mirror unit being shaped and having a sandwich structure, said sandwich structure comprising the following material layers:
- an outermost front reflecting layer, intended as the sun reflecting layer and therefore having a reflective coating, said outermost front reflecting layer consisting of a first material having a first thermal expansion coefficient;
- an intermediate layer having a honeycomb structure and being the core of the sandwich structure, wherein the thickness of the honeycomb structure does not exceed 50 mm;
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- an innermost rear layer consisting of a second material having a second thermal expansion coefficient;
- wherein the solar panel mirror exhibits a symmetrical cross section in relation to layer materials on both sides of the intermediate layer,
- wherein said first and second thermal expansion coefficients are equal or substantially equal, and wherein the average solar reflectivity is at least 90%.
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