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Solar energy converter carousel

Patent ·
OSTI ID:6496935
A solar energy collector and converter carousel is disclosed comprising a plurality of elongated reflectors mounted on a platform for arcuate movement and mounted for further movement each around a heating tube arranged in the liner focus of the reflectors. The carousel is linked to a tracking mechanism which causes the reflectors to be trained toward the location of the sun so that they receive a maximum amount of solar energy.
Assignee:
TIC; EDB-79-041700; ERA-04-026097
Patent Number(s):
US 4109638
OSTI ID:
6496935
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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