Solar collector array
Abstract
A method and apparatus for efficient manufacture, assembly and production of solar energy. In one aspect, the apparatus may include a number of modular solar receiver assemblies that may be separately manufactured, assembled and individually inserted into a solar collector array housing shaped to receive a plurality of solar receivers. The housing may include optical elements for focusing light onto the individual receivers, and a circuit for electrically connecting the solar receivers.
- Inventors:
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1183902
- Patent Number(s):
- 9054251
- Application Number:
- 13/193,058
- Assignee:
- The Boeing Company (Chicago, IL)
- Patent Classifications (CPCs):
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H - ELECTRICITY H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS H01L - SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES
Y - NEW / CROSS SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES Y02 - TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE Y02E - REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION
- DOE Contract Number:
- FC36-07GO17052
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 14 SOLAR ENERGY; 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE
Citation Formats
Hall, John Champlin, and Martins, Guy Lawrence. Solar collector array. United States: N. p., 2015.
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Hall, John Champlin, & Martins, Guy Lawrence. Solar collector array. United States.
Hall, John Champlin, and Martins, Guy Lawrence. Sun .
"Solar collector array". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1183902.
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abstractNote = {A method and apparatus for efficient manufacture, assembly and production of solar energy. In one aspect, the apparatus may include a number of modular solar receiver assemblies that may be separately manufactured, assembled and individually inserted into a solar collector array housing shaped to receive a plurality of solar receivers. The housing may include optical elements for focusing light onto the individual receivers, and a circuit for electrically connecting the solar receivers.},
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place = {United States},
year = {2015},
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