Wide-angle solar concentrator

A solar concentrator cross-sectional arrangement consisting of a concave reflective boundary and

• a first receiver-converter emanating outward from the base area of the concavity and,
• of at least a second receiver-converter following outward after said first, the multiple receiver-converters being able to communicate with eachother wherein
• the summation of said receiver-converter is well away from the cross section area where light enters and occupies a minor portion of the maximum distance from where said first receiver-converter emanates to said area where light enters within the concavity and wherein,
• the first receiver-converter occupies a larger portion of the length of said distance to where light enters within the concavity than does any single subsequent receiver-converter and
• of additional reflecting means which are within the concavity and within the field-of-sight of the concavity wherein
• the additional reflecting means are physically separate from said receiver-converter and set to increase the radiation received by the first receiver-converter at the expense of secondary receiver-converters as well as by reducing reflection back to the atmosphere and
• the additional reflecting means lay essentially parallel to the longitudinal cross-sectional centerline of said concave reflective boundary and slightly removed from said centerline as seen in said cross-sectional arrangement.