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US 2017/0363330 A1Published application
Csp tracking
AssigneeERFIS GmbH
InventorLukas KIRSCHT
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Abstract
A CSP system including a reflector and a receiver for concentrating the solar radiation incident on the reflector onto the receiver, comprising a shadow blind and a shadow receiver as well as a colour and/or brightness digitizing sensor arranged to detect the shadow of the shadow blind on the shadow receiver in order to determine a deviation of the actual shadow position from a target shadow position, a tracking means configured to adapt the position of the reflector and the receiver according to the deviation.
Claims11
A CSP system comprising:
- a reflector;
- and
- a receiver for concentrating the solar radiation incident on the reflector onto the receiver;
- a shadow blind;
- a shadow receiver;
- a colour and/or brightness digitizing sensor arranged to detect the shadow of the shadow blind on the shadow receiver in order to determine a deviation of the actual shadow position from a target shadow position;
- and
- a tracker configured to adapt the position of the reflector and the receiver according to the deviation.
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