Solar energy modulator
Patent
·
OSTI ID:6897525
A solar energy module characterized by a receiver 14 having a solar energy acceptance opening 22 and supported by a mounting ring 18 along the optic axis A of a parabolic mirror 12 in coaxial alignment therewith for receiving solar energy from the mirror, and a solar flux modulator plate 42 for varying the quantity of solar energy flux received by the acceptance opening of the module. The modulator plate 42 is characterized by an annular, plate-like body, the internal diameter of which is equal to or slightly greater than the diameter of the solar energy acceptance opening 22 of the receiver, and a plurality of slave cylinders 44 are connected to the modulator plate for supporting the plate for axial displacement along the axis A of the mirror for thereby variably shading the opening 22 with respect to solar energy flux reflected from the surface of the mirror to the solar energy acceptance opening.
- Assignee:
- Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Patent Number(s):
- US 4433672
- OSTI ID:
- 6897525
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
Similar Records
Solar energy modulator
Polar axis solar collector
Stable density stratification solar pond
Technical Report
·
Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 1981
·
OSTI ID:5283349
Polar axis solar collector
Patent
·
Mon Jan 03 23:00:00 EST 1994
·
OSTI ID:6954523
Stable density stratification solar pond
Patent
·
Mon Apr 22 23:00:00 EST 1985
·
OSTI ID:6473483