Circular ARC solar concentrator

Patent · Tue Sep 03 00:00:00 EDT 1985

OSTI ID:5677993

Townsend, D W; Routery, E E

A solar energy concentrator and collector having a concentrator made up of one or more anticlastic panels that feature a non-developable doubly curved surface. The panels are concave in the north-south direction and convex in the east-west direction. In one embodiment, the panels are formed to have parallel circular arcs in the north-south direction of increasing radius from the center of the panel to its edges and having a curved cross-section in the east-west direction. The concentrator reflects light to a narrow zone of concentration which moves within a plane in response to changes in the angle of incidence of sunlight thereon. A method for forming the specially shaped reflective fiber reinforced plastic panel is also disclosed.

• Assignee: Stellar Energy Systems, Inc.
• Patent Number(s): US 4538886
• OSTI ID: 5677993
• Resource Relation: Patent File Date: Filed date 19 Apr 1983; Other Information: PAT-APPL-486314
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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