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US 2018/0023845 A1Published application
Parabolic trough collector module, parabolic trough collector module unit and solar thermal power station
AssigneeDeutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V.
InventorMartin EICKHOFF
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Abstract
A parabolic trough collector module comprising an absorber tube, a parabolic reflector focusing the solar radiation to the absorber tube and with a reflector surface, and at least one support de-vice on which the parabolic reflector is mounted so that it can pivot. The support device includes a support head projecting over the reflector surface in the vertical direction, on which the absorber tube is mounted by a linear bearing structure forming a linear guide.
Claims17
1-16. (canceled)
A parabolic trough collector module comprising:
- an absorber tube, a parabolic reflector focusing the solar radiation to the absorber tube and having a reflector surface, and at least one support device on which the parabolic reflector is pivotably mounted, wherein
- the support device further comprises a support head projecting over the reflector surface in the vertical direction, on which the absorber tube is mounted by a linear bearing structure forming a linear guide.
A Solar thermal power station comprising:
- a plurality of parabolic trough collector units, wherein at least two adjacent parabolic trough collector units have a common continuous absorber tube line.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.