Receiver for solar-energy collector having improved aperture aspect

Patent · Fri Mar 13 00:00:00 EST 1981

OSTI ID:5282917

McIntire, W. R.

A secondary concentrator for use in receiver systems for linear focusing primary concentrators is provided with reflector wings at each end. The wings increase the capture of light rays reflected from areas adjacent the rim of a primary concentrator, increasing the apparent aperture size of the receiver as viewed from the rim of the primary concentrator. The length, tilt, and curvature of the wing reflectors can be adjusted to provide a receiver having a desired aperture aspect.

• DOE Contract Number: W-31-109-ENG-38
• Assignee: Dept. of Energy
• Application Number: ON: DE82007291
• OSTI ID: 5282917
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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SOLAR RECEIVERS
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APERTURES
ASPECT RATIO
FRESNEL REFLECTORS
CONCENTRATING COLLECTORS
EQUIPMENT
MIRRORS
OPENINGS
PARABOLIC COLLECTORS
SOLAR COLLECTORS
SOLAR CONCENTRATORS
SOLAR EQUIPMENT
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