Central solar energy receiver
An improved tower-mounted central solar energy receiver is disclosed for heating air drawn through the receiver by an induced draft fan. A number of vertically oriented, energy absorbing, fin-shaped slats are radially arranged in a number of concentric cylindrical arrays on top of the tower coaxially surrounding a pipe having air holes through which the fan draws air which is heated by the slats which receive the solar radiation from a heliostat field. A number of vertically oriented and wedgeshaped columns are radially arranged in a number of concentric cylindrical clusters surrounding the slat arrays. The columns have two mirror-reflecting sides to reflect radiation into the slat arrays and one energy absorbing side to reduce reradiation and reflection from the slat arrays.
- Assignee:
- EDB-84-021028
- Patent Number(s):
- US 4394859
- OSTI ID:
- 5379011
- Resource Relation:
- Patent File Date: Filed date 27 Oct 1981; Other Information: PAT-APPL-315397
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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CENTRAL RECEIVERS
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CONCENTRATING COLLECTORS
CONTROL EQUIPMENT
EQUIPMENT
FLOW REGULATORS
POWER PLANTS
SOLAR COLLECTORS
SOLAR EQUIPMENT
SOLAR POWER PLANTS
SOLAR RECEIVERS
SOLAR THERMAL POWER PLANTS
THERMAL POWER PLANTS
140702* - Solar Thermal Power Systems- Central Receiver