Enclosed, off-axis solar concentrator
Abstract
A solar concentrator including a housing having receiving wall, a reflecting wall and at least two end walls, the receiving, reflecting and end walls defining a three-dimensional volume having an inlet, wherein a vertical axis of the housing is generally perpendicular to the inlet, a receiver mounted on the receiving wall of the housing, the receiver including at least one photovoltaic cell, wherein a vertical axis of the receiver is disposed at a non-zero angle relative to the vertical axis of the housing, at least one clip disposed on the reflecting wall an optical element received within the three-dimensional volume, the optical element including at least one tab, the tab being engaged by the clip to align the optical element with the receiver, and a window received over the inlet to enclose the housing.
- Inventors:
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL, USA
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1109091
- Patent Number(s):
- 8592673
- Application Number:
- 12/562,729
- Assignee:
- The Boeing Company (Chicago, IL)
- Patent Classifications (CPCs):
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F - MECHANICAL ENGINEERING F24 - HEATING F24S - SOLAR HEAT COLLECTORS
H - ELECTRICITY H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS H01L - SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES
- DOE Contract Number:
- FC36-07GO17052
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 47 OTHER INSTRUMENTATION
Citation Formats
Benitez, Pablo, Grip, Robert E, Minano, Juan C, Narayanan, Authi A, Plesniak, Adam, and Schwartz, Joel A. Enclosed, off-axis solar concentrator. United States: N. p., 2013.
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Benitez, Pablo, Grip, Robert E, Minano, Juan C, Narayanan, Authi A, Plesniak, Adam, & Schwartz, Joel A. Enclosed, off-axis solar concentrator. United States.
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"Enclosed, off-axis solar concentrator". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1109091.
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abstractNote = {A solar concentrator including a housing having receiving wall, a reflecting wall and at least two end walls, the receiving, reflecting and end walls defining a three-dimensional volume having an inlet, wherein a vertical axis of the housing is generally perpendicular to the inlet, a receiver mounted on the receiving wall of the housing, the receiver including at least one photovoltaic cell, wherein a vertical axis of the receiver is disposed at a non-zero angle relative to the vertical axis of the housing, at least one clip disposed on the reflecting wall an optical element received within the three-dimensional volume, the optical element including at least one tab, the tab being engaged by the clip to align the optical element with the receiver, and a window received over the inlet to enclose the housing.},
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