Radiant energy collector

Patent · Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1983

OSTI ID:864799

McIntire, William R ^[1]

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1. Downers Grove, IL

A cylindrical radiant energy collector is provided which includes a reflector spaced apart from an energy absorber. The reflector is of a particular shape which ideally eliminates gap losses. The reflector includes a plurality of adjacent facets of V shaped segments sloped so as to reflect all energy entering between said absorber and said reflector onto said absorber. The outer arms of each facet are sloped to reflect one type of extremal ray in a line substantially tangent to the lowermost extremity of the energy absorber. The inner arms of the facets are sloped to reflect onto the absorber all rays either falling directly thereon or as a result of reflection from an outer arm.

• Research Organization: Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
• Assignee: University Patents, Inc. (Norwalk, CT)
• Patent Number(s): US 4419984
• OSTI ID: 864799
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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