Solar thermal-radiation, absorption and conversion system
OwnerRobert A. Kraus, Edmund J. Krausinventors
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The invention described herein is a Method and Process for the direct absorption of radiant solar-thermal energy by and within a radiant-heat absorbing fluid. More specifically, however, it is a total system for the direct absorption of radiant solar-thermal energy and its conversion, for the purpose of generating useful mechanical or electrical power. Wherein within the scope of the total system, a radiant-heat absorbing fluidic compound is used which comprises minute particles of colloidal size, suspended within a transparent heat-transfer fluid, having a high boiling point and being circulated within a first highly light-transparent and a second highly light-reflecting wall. Wherein that fluidic compound's optical density is such that incoming concentrated, radiant solar-thermal energy, after penetrating said light-transparent wall, will penetrate no more than one and three-quarters depth of said contained, circulating fluidic compound.
A highly light-transparent radiant heat-receiving fluid containment constructed of a hard and high-temperature-resisting glass-like material having at least one first highly light-transparent wall and one second highly light-reflecting wall, being spaced substantially apart from each other to form a fluid passage between them
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