Support carriage for a solar concentrator
Patent
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OSTI ID:5536340
A support system for a solar concentrator, the support system capable of rotating the solar concentrator in both a horizontal, or azimuth plane, and in a vertical, or altitude, plane. The support system includes a footing to which a spindle is anchored. A central mast is rotatably positioned on the spindle. A bearing is positioned near the top of the mast. A drive wheel is secured to the mast near the bottom thereof and rotates therewith. A motor is used to rotate the drive wheel, and hence the central mast, in the horizontal plane. A system of counterweights and struts for one counterweight as an example which connects the bearing and the solar concentrator permits rotation of the solar concentrator in the vertical plane. The counterweight and strut system is arranged such that the solar concentrator passes over the top of the mast and beyond while the counterweights pass on opposite sides of the mast.
- Assignee:
- EDB-85-102477
- Patent Number(s):
- US 4491388
- OSTI ID:
- 5536340
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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