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Title: Lightweight diaphragm mirror module system for solar collectors

Abstract

A mirror module system is provided for accurately focusing solar radiation on a point or a line as defined by an array of solar collectors. Each mirror module includes a flexible membrane stretched over a frame in a manner similar to that of a drum or a trampoline and further includes a silvered glass or plastic mirror for forming an optical reflecting surface. The configuration of the optical reflecting surface is variably adjustable to provide for the accurate focusing of the solar energy on a given collector array, e.g., a point or a linear array arrangement. The flexible mirror-membrane combination is lightweight to facilitate installation and reduce system cost yet structurally strong enough to provide for the precise focusing of the incident solar radiation in a semi-rigid reflector system in which unwanted reflector displacement is minimized.

Inventors:
Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
5285281
Application Number:
ON: DE84006215
Assignee:
EDB-84-042650
DOE Contract Number:  
AC02-77CH00178
Resource Type:
Patent
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
14 SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR REFLECTORS; DESIGN; GLASS; MEMBRANES; MIRRORS; PLASTICS; EQUIPMENT; MATERIALS; PETROCHEMICALS; PETROLEUM PRODUCTS; SOLAR CONCENTRATORS; SOLAR EQUIPMENT; SYNTHETIC MATERIALS; 141000* - Solar Collectors & Concentrators

Citation Formats

Butler, B L. Lightweight diaphragm mirror module system for solar collectors. United States: N. p., 1984. Web.
Butler, B L. Lightweight diaphragm mirror module system for solar collectors. United States.
Butler, B L. 1984. "Lightweight diaphragm mirror module system for solar collectors". United States.
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abstractNote = {A mirror module system is provided for accurately focusing solar radiation on a point or a line as defined by an array of solar collectors. Each mirror module includes a flexible membrane stretched over a frame in a manner similar to that of a drum or a trampoline and further includes a silvered glass or plastic mirror for forming an optical reflecting surface. The configuration of the optical reflecting surface is variably adjustable to provide for the accurate focusing of the solar energy on a given collector array, e.g., a point or a linear array arrangement. The flexible mirror-membrane combination is lightweight to facilitate installation and reduce system cost yet structurally strong enough to provide for the precise focusing of the incident solar radiation in a semi-rigid reflector system in which unwanted reflector displacement is minimized.},
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place = {United States},
year = {Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1984},
month = {Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1984}
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