Parabolic concentrating solar collector
AssigneeOff Technologies Stp, S.L.
InventorsFrancisco José GALLARDO PINTO, Bernardino JIMENEZ SANCHEZ, Angel Gabriel RAMOS RAMOS
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AssigneeOff Technologies Stp, S.L.
InventorsFrancisco José GALLARDO PINTO, Bernardino JIMENEZ SANCHEZ, Angel Gabriel RAMOS RAMOS
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The element on which solar radiation is concentrated, specifically, a vacuum tube, remain static at all times with respect to the movements that a parabolic reflective surface may make according to the direction of solar radiation, such that inlet and outlet pipes of the vacuum tube do not need to be articulated, which facilitates the installation and insulation thereof and reduces production costs. The parabolic reflective surface can pivot 360° with respect to the vacuum tube without interfering with the pipes, allowing an active safety system for protecting against strong winds and preventing overheating to be produced, in addition to allowing the surfaces to be cleaned by means of nozzles spray pressurized water. The collector also includes passive safety means against strong winds.
A parabolic concentrating solar collector, which being of the type that includes a parabolic reflective surface associated with programmed and/or calculated solar tracking means in real time, as well as an element on which solar radiation is concentrated, wherein the element on which solar radiation is concentrated is made of a vacuum tube, with its corresponding duly insulated inlet and outlet of fluid to be heated, with the particularity that the vacuum tube is statically arranged on a frame, having envisaged that the parabolic reflective surface includes complete and controlled pivoting means with respect to the imaginary central longitudinal axis of the vacuum tube, in which bushings or bearings through which the pipes associated with the inlet and outlet of the vacuum tube pass participate, not being affected by the angular movements of the parabolic reflective surface, with the particularity that the chamber through which the fluid to be heated circulates in the vacuum tube is subdivided into two concentric chambers, an internal chamber, through which the cold fluid is fed, open at one of its ends through which it communicates with an external chamber, concentric to it, on which solar radiation is concentrated inside the vacuum tube,
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