Solar power plant
OwnerErnest R. Druckerinventor
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Abstract
A solar energy powerplant has a group of tall, vertical towers open at both ends and containing a plurality of wind-powered impellers mounted in vertically spaced locations within each tower, such that thermal updrafts in the tower drives the impellers. Vertically spaced, radially projecting heating chambers are mounted externally on each tower and each chamber has an air inlet to admit ambient air and an air outlet into the tower for heated air. The heated air entering the tower for the solar heating chambers forms an updraft for powering the impellers. The heating chambers also contain heat exchange tubes which connect with an insulated water reservoir in the base for the towers.
Claims7
A solar energy powerplant comprising a group of seven or more vertical towers open at both ends, said towers being mounted on a base structure in an equally spaced configuration with a single central tower surrounded by at least six towers, a plurality of vertically spaced, radially projecting heating chambers mounted externally on each tower, said chamber projecting from the tower a distance at least equal to the radius of the tower, with the chamber at each level being divided into a series of segment-shaped compartments separated by radial divider walls, each said segment-shaped compartment having an inlet for ambient air and an outlet into the tower for heated air, tiltable concave mirrors mounted on the outermost edges of the segment-shaped compartments and wind-powered impellers mounted in at least the upper half of each tower in vertically spaced locations in association with said heating chambers, said impellers being adapted to drive electrical generating units.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.