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US 6,205,998 B1Granted
Solar concentrator gap and receiver design
AssigneeSolar Enterprises International, LLC
InventorRoland Winston
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Abstract
A gap between absorber and reflector of a solar concentrator. A gap is required in a solar concentrator for thermal isolation reasons and the position of the receiver relative to reflector and a notch are optimized for best solar collection efficiency.
Claims5
A solar concentrator, comprising:
- a primary reflector having a surface contour;
- a V-notch portion coupled to said primary reflector with a first line and a second line established between said primary reflector surface contour and said V-notch portion;
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- a receiver disposed at a mirror image position across a plane defining said V-notch portion relative to a virtual receiver image having a tangent thereto, the tangent defined by a plane having included the first line and the second line.
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