Solar furnace apparatus

Patent · Tue Dec 27 00:00:00 EST 1983

OSTI ID:6857991

Strickland, B W

A solar furnace apparatus including a reflector portion, a collector portion and a fluid transfer portion; the reflector portion including a generally dish-shaped reflective member, the reflective member having a conic section configuration with a large open face and a highly reflective internal surface, the reflective member including a fixed base section concentric with the axis of the reflective member, a plurality of movable curved segments extending from the fixed base section to the free edge of the open face of the reflective member, the end of each segment adjacent to the fixed base section being pivotally connected thereto; the collector portion being disposed along the axis and the focal point of the reflective member, the collector portion including a chamber formed of a plurality of concave longitudinal conductive metal sections joined at their edges, the cross section of the longitudinal sections forming a generally star-shaped configuration, the concave longitudinal sections being disposed substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of the reflective member, end sections affixed to the free edges of the concave longitudinal sections and therewith forming an enclosed chamber, a central conduit extending from one of the end sections to a point adjacent the other end section but spaced therefrom, a plurality of discrete longitudinal baffles disposed within the chamber around the central conduit, an inlet and an outlet communicating with the chamber.

• Assignee: EDB-84-116266
• Patent Number(s): US 4422446
• OSTI ID: 6857991
• Resource Relation: Patent File Date: Filed date 28 Sep 1981; Other Information: PAT-APPL-306168
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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SOLAR FURNACES
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PARABOLIC REFLECTORS
PIPES
SOLAR HEATING SYSTEMS
THERMAL EFFICIENCY
CONCENTRATING COLLECTORS
EFFICIENCY
ENERGY SYSTEMS
EQUIPMENT
FLUIDS
FURNACES
HEATING SYSTEMS
SOLAR COLLECTORS
SOLAR CONCENTRATORS
SOLAR EQUIPMENT
SOLAR REFLECTORS
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