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US 9,322,574 B2Granted
Concentrating solar power with glasshouses
AssigneeGlassPoint Solar, Inc.
InventorPeter Emery von Behrens
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Abstract
A protective transparent enclosure, such as a greenhouse, encloses a concentrated solar power system having line-focus solar energy concentrators. The line-focus solar energy concentrators have a reflective front layer, a core layer, and a rear layer. The core and the rear layers, when bonded with the reflective front layer, enable the line-focus solar energy concentrator, in some embodiments, to retain a particular form without additional strengthening elements. In some embodiments, the core layer and/or the rear layer are formed by removing material from a single piece of material.
Claims21
A system comprising:
- a front layer having outer and inner surfaces, the front layer being reflective to incident solar radiation;
- a honeycomb core layer;
- a rear layer having outer and inner surfaces;
- wherein at least a portion of the honeycomb core layer is situated between the inner surfaces of the front and the rear layers and is bonded directly to the inner surface of the front layer;
- wherein the front, the rear, and the honeycomb core layers are laminated to collectively have a weight of less than 4 kilograms per square meter, and operate as a line-focus solar energy concentrator of the incident solar radiation.
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