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Title: Solar collector with improved thermal concentration

Patent ·
OSTI ID:7303012

Reduced heat loss from the absorbing surface of the energy receiver of a cylindrical radiant energy collector is achieved by providing individual, insulated, cooling tubes for adjacent parallel longitudinal segments of the receiver. Control means allow fluid for removing heat absorbed by the tubes to flow only in those tubes upon which energy is then being directed by the reflective wall of the collector. 3 claims, 5 figures.

Assignee:
Energy Research and Development Administration
Patent Number(s):
US 3994279
OSTI ID:
7303012
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: Filed date 24 Jul 1975; Other Information: PAT-APPL-598,872
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English