Cooled spider and method for grazing-incidence collectors
AssigneeMedia Lario S.R.L.
InventorsJohn E. Hill, Robert J. Munns
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Abstract
A cooled spider for grazing-incidence collectors includes an outer ring, an inner ring and spokes that mechanically and fluidly connect the inner and outer rings. Cooling channels in the outer and inner rings and in the spokes define a general cooling-fluid flow path through the spider. The general cooling-fluid flow path has input and output points located substantially 180° apart so that the flow path diverges at the input point into two branch flow paths that flow in opposite directions through the spider, and then converge at the output point. Input and output cooling fluid manifolds are fluidly connected to the outer ring at the input and output points and serve to flow cooling fluid over the cooling-fluid flow path.
Claims26
A cooled spider for a grazing-incident collector (GIC) that includes one or more GIC shells, comprising:
- an outer ring that includes a plurality of cooling channel sections;
- an inner ring that includes a plurality of cooling channel loops each covering a portion of the inner ring;
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- a plurality of spokes that mechanically connect the inner and outer rings, with each spoke including a pair of cooling channels that fluidly connect to different cooling channel sections in the outer ring and to respective ends of the corresponding cooling channel loop in the inner ring to form a cooling-fluid flow path through the cooled spider, with each spoke configured to mechanically support an edge portion of the one or more GIC shells.
A cooled spider for a grazing-incident collector (GIC) having one or more GIC shells each with an edge, comprising:
- an outer ring having outer ring cooling channel sections;
- an inner ring having inner ring cooling channel sections;
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- spokes that mechanically connect the inner and outer rings, with each spoke including at least one cooling channel that fluidly connects to respective cooling channel sections of the inner and outer rings to form a cooling-fluid flow path through the cooled spider, wherein the spokes are configured to support the one or more GIC shells at their respective edges and in a spaced-apart and concentric configuration.
A method of cooling a spider that operably supports one or more shells of a grazing-incidence collector (GIC) mirror, comprising:
- providing a spider having an outer ring and an inner ring mechanically and fluidly connected by a plurality of spokes and defining a cooling-fluid flow path through the spokes and respective portions of the inner ring;
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- flowing a cooling fluid over the cooling-fluid flow path.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.