Method of making a modular off-axis solar concentrator

Plesniak, Adam P.; Hall, John C.

Title: Method of making a modular off-axis solar concentrator

Patent · Tue May 23 00:00:00 EDT 2017

OSTI ID:1358225

Plesniak, Adam P.; Hall, John C.

A method of making a solar concentrator may include forming a receiving wall having an elongated wall, a first side wall and a second side wall; attaching the first side wall and the second side wall to a reflecting wall to form a housing having an internal volume with an opening; forming a lip on the receiving wall and the reflecting wall; attaching a cover to the receiving wall and the reflecting wall at the lip to seal the opening into the internal volume, thereby creating a rigid structure; and mounting at least one receiver having at least one photovoltaic cell on the elongated wall to receive solar radiation entering the housing and reflected by the receiving wall, the receiver having an axis parallel with a surface normal of the photovoltaic cell, such that the axis is disposed at a non-zero angle relative to the vertical axis of the opening.

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Research Organization:: The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

DOE Contract Number:: FC36-07G017052

Assignee:: The Boeing Company

Patent Number(s):: 9,660,125

Application Number:: 14/606,316

OSTI ID:: 1358225

Resource Relation:: Patent File Date: 2015 Jan 27

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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