Solar energy receiver
AssigneeBlack Night Enterprises, Inc.
InventorNeldon P. Johnson
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Abstract
Solar receiver having a receiver funnel, a solar absorber, and an absorber rotation drive mechanism. The receiver funnel has a funnel entrance and a funnel exit. The solar absorber may have a spherical shape and has an absorber rotation axis. The solar absorber is rotatably positioned in the funnel exit. The solar absorber has an internal absorber fluid chamber, an absorber fluid intake and an absorber fluid outlet. The absorber rotation drive mechanism provides for rotating the solar absorber about the absorber rotation axis.
Claims16
Solar receiver for receiving, from a solar collector, focused solar radiation with scatter and to further concentrate and direct the solar radiation with scatter to a solar absorber for absorption, the solar receiver comprising:
- a receiver funnel having a funnel entrance and a funnel exit with a funnel perimeter;
- a solar absorber movably positioned proximal to the funnel exit and the funnel exit perimeter, the solar absorber having an internal absorber fluid chamber, an absorber fluid intake and an absorber fluid outlet;
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- an absorber movement drive mechanism providing for moving the solar absorber with respect to the funnel exit and the funnel exit perimeter.
Solar receiver to receive, from a solar collector, focused solar radiation with scatter and to further concentrate and direct the solar radiation with scatter to a solar absorber for absorption, the solar receiver comprising:
- a receiver funnel having a funnel entrance and a funnel exit with a funnel perimeter;
- a solar absorber having a spherical shape and an absorber rotation axis, the solar absorber being rotatably positioned in the funnel exit and immediately adjacent to the funnel exit perimeter, the solar absorber having an internal absorber fluid chamber, an absorber fluid intake and an absorber fluid outlet;
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- an absorber rotation drive mechanism providing for rotating the solar absorber about the absorber rotation axis.
Method for receiving, from a solar collector, focused solar radiation with scatter and to further concentrating and directing the solar radiation with scatter to a solar absorber for absorption, the method comprising:
- trapping the solar radiation with scatter with a receiver funnel having a funnel entrance and a funnel exit with a funnel perimeter;
- concentrating the solar radiation with scatter to concentrated solar radiation and directing the concentrated solar radiation by the receiver funnel to a solar absorber;
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- absorbing the concentrated solar radiation by the solar absorber, the solar absorber being movably positioned proximal to the funnel exit and the funnel exit perimeter, the solar absorber having an internal absorber fluid chamber, an absorber fluid intake, an absorber fluid outlet, and the solar absorber having an absorber movement drive mechanism providing for moving the solar absorber with respect to the funnel exit and the funnel exit perimeter.
Method for receiving, from a solar collector, focused solar radiation with scatter and to further concentrating and directing the solar radiation with scatter to a solar absorber for absorption, the method comprising:
- trapping the solar radiation with scatter with a receiver funnel having a funnel entrance and a funnel exit with a funnel perimeter;
- concentrating the solar radiation with scatter to concentrated solar radiation and directing the concentrated solar radiation by the receiver funnel to a solar absorber;
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- absorbing the concentrated solar radiation by the solar absorber, the solar absorber having a spherical shape and an absorber rotation axis, the solar absorber being rotatably positioned in the funnel exit and immediately adjacent to the funnel exit perimeter, the solar absorber having an internal absorber fluid chamber, an absorber fluid intake, an absorber fluid outlet, and the solar absorber having an absorber movement drive mechanism providing for rotating the solar absorber about the absorber rotation axis.
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