Systems and methods for direct thermal receivers using near blackbody configurations

Wagner, Michael; Ma, Zhiwen; Martinek, Janna; Neises, Ty; Turchi, Craig

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Title: Systems and methods for direct thermal receivers using near blackbody configurations

Abstract

An aspect of the present disclosure is a receiver for receiving radiation from a heliostat array that includes at least one external panel configured to form an internal cavity and an open face. The open face is positioned substantially perpendicular to a longitudinal axis and forms an entrance to the internal cavity. The receiver also includes at least one internal panel positioned within the cavity and aligned substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis, and the at least one internal panel includes at least one channel configured to distribute a heat transfer medium.

Inventors:: Wagner, Michael; Ma, Zhiwen; Martinek, Janna; Neises, Ty; Turchi, Craig

Issue Date:: Tue Apr 17 00:00:00 EDT 2018

Research Org.:: National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 1435764

Patent Number(s):: 9945585

Application Number:: 14/714,030

Assignee:: Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC (Golden, CO)

Patent Classifications (CPCs):: F - MECHANICAL ENGINEERING F24 - HEATING F24S - SOLAR HEAT COLLECTORS

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

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F - MECHANICAL ENGINEERING F24 - HEATING F24S - SOLAR HEAT COLLECTORS
F24S10/70 - the working fluids being conveyed through tubular absorbing conduits
F24S10/72 - {the tubular conduits being integrated in a block
F24S20/20 - Solar heat collectors for receiving concentrated solar energy, e.g. receivers for solar power plants
F24S2020/18 - {having a particular shape, e.g. prismatic, pyramidal}
F24S2080/05 - {Flow guiding means
F24S80/00 - Details, accessories or component parts of solar heat collectors not provided for in groups F24S10/00-F24S70/00

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
Y02E10/40 - Solar thermal energy
Y02E10/44 - Heat exchange systems

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DOE Contract Number:: AC36-08GO28308

Resource Type:: Patent

Resource Relation:: Patent File Date: 2015 May 15

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 47 OTHER INSTRUMENTATION

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Development and Evaluation of a Prototype Solid Particle Receiver: On-Sun Testing and Model Validation journal, January 2010

A Modular Ceramic Cavity-Receiver for High-Temperature High-Concentration Solar Applications journal, January 2012

Process and apparatus for transforming heat at a relatively low temperature into power or energy patent, October 1978

CFD Simulation and Heat Loss Analysis of the Solar Two Power Tower Receiver conference, July 2013

A study of solid particle flow characterization in solar particle receiver journal, October 2009

Omnidirectional solar collector patent, February 1982

Review of high-temperature central receiver designs for concentrating solar power journal, January 2014

Solar energy absorber for use with a linear optical concentrating system patent, September 1981

Energy conversion system patent, August 1980

An Exergy-Based Metric for Evaluating Solar Thermal Absorber Technologies for Gas Heating conference, March 2011

State of the art on high temperature thermal energy storage for power generation. Part 1—Concepts, materials and modellization journal, January 2010

Face-Down Solid Particle Receiver Using Recirculation journal, January 2011

Alternative cycles based on carbon dioxide for central receiver solar power plants journal, April 2011

Solar central receiver heliostat reflector assembly patent, June 1980

Method of optimizing performance of Rankine cycle power plants patent, November 1982

Design and On-Sun Testing of a Solid Particle Receiver Prototype conference, January 2008

Solar thermal electric power plant patent, August 1979

Solar receiver patent, September 1993

Process and apparatus for collecting solar energy patent, September 1978

Evaluation of porous silicon carbide monolithic honeycombs as volumetric receivers/collectors of concentrated solar radiation journal, March 2007

Central solar receiver with a multi component working medium patent, September 1999

Hydrocarbon combustion power generation system with CO2 sequestration patent, July 2003

Heat Transfer Coefficient Between Flat Surface and Sand conference, January 2011

Volumetric receivers in Solar Thermal Power Plants with Central Receiver System technology: A review journal, May 2011

Thermal Energy Storage and its Potential Applications in Solar Thermal Power Plants and Electricity Storage conference, January 2011

Fur-like photothermal converter surface patent, October 1978

Solar-nuclear hybrid power plant patent, December 2015

System and Method for Producing Supercritical Zone patent-application, May 2011

High efficiency solar receiver patent, September 2015

Systems and methods for control of a solar power tower using infrared thermography patent-application, January 2010

Liquid Metal Thermal Storage System patent-application, May 2011

SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AN INDIRECT RADIATION DRIVEN GASIFIER REACTOR & RECEIVER CONFIGURATION patent-application, December 2010

Solar receiver patent, July 2013

Concentrated Solar Power System patent-application, March 2011

Solar collector with conical elements patent, June 1977

Hybrid Generation with Alternative Fuel Sources patent-application, July 2007

Encapsulated Phase Change Apparatus For Thermal Energy Storage patent-application, October 2011

Methods and Mechanisms to Increase Efficiencies of Energy or Particle Beam Collectors patent-application, August 2009

Solar power system and method for power generation patent-application, June 2005

High temperature solar receiver patent, April 2010

Semi-closed Brayton cycle gas turbine power systems patent, June 2005

High Temperature Solar Thermal Systems And Methods patent-application, September 2011

Suction-recirculation device for stabilizing particle flows within a solar powered solid particle receiver patent, February 2012

Method of manufacturing a solar cell using a pre-cleaning step that contributes to homogeneous texture morphology patent, December 2011

Supercritical CO2 turbine for use in solar power plants patent, March 2010

Multi-Receiver Heliostat System Architecture patent-application, February 2009

Catalyzed hot gas heating system for concentrated solar power generation systems patent, August 2011

Hybrid generation with alternative fuel sources patent, December 2010

Subcritical CO2 Turbine for use in Solar Power Plants patent-application, February 2010

Method for erection of a solar receiver and support tower patent, August 2012

Solar Central Receiver patent-application, October 2011

Concentrating solar collector patent-application, March 2009

Solar Central Receiver System Employing Common Positioning Mechanism for Heliostats patent-application, January 2011

Method and apparatus for supercritical ozone treatment of a substrate patent, May 2007

Hybrid generation with alternative fuel sources patent, February 2008

Concentrated solar power system receiver patent-application, March 2011

High Temperature Molten Salt Receiver patent-application, January 2008

Solar Heat Collector, Sunlight Collecting Reflector, Sunlight Collecting System and Solar Energy Utilization System patent-application, July 2009

Solar power generation with multiple energy conversion modes patent, October 2011

Power Generation System patent-application, December 2009

Solar power plant and method and/or system of storing energy in a concentrated solar power plant patent, June 2011

Rankine—microturbine for generating electricity patent, May 2007

Thermodynamic cycles with supercritical CO.sub.2 cycle topping patent, July 1976

Systems and Methods for Generating Electrical Power from Solar Energy patent-application, December 2004

Solar Receiver patent-application, October 2010

Method and apparatus for receiving solar energy patent, September 1977

Analysis of Intermediate Temperature Combined Cycles With a Carbon Dioxide Topping Cycle
conference, August 2009

Fluidized bed solar energy heater
patent, June 1982

Semi-closed brayton cycle gas turbine power systems
patent, September 2003

Solar heated oil shale pyrolysis process
patent, April 1986

The Supercritical Carbon Dioxide Power Cycle: Comparison to Other Advanced Power Cycles
journal, June 2006

Enhanced Solar Energy Harvest for Power Generation From Brayton Cycle
conference, January 2011

Working fluid compositions for use in semi-closed brayton cycle gas turbine power systems
patent, November 2004

High-Performance Supercritical Carbon Dioxide Cycle for Next-Generation Nuclear Reactors
journal, June 2006

Development and Evaluation of a Prototype Solid Particle Receiver: On-Sun Testing and Model Validation
journal, January 2010

A Modular Ceramic Cavity-Receiver for High-Temperature High-Concentration Solar Applications
journal, January 2012

Process and apparatus for transforming heat at a relatively low temperature into power or energy
patent, October 1978

CFD Simulation and Heat Loss Analysis of the Solar Two Power Tower Receiver
conference, July 2013

A study of solid particle flow characterization in solar particle receiver
journal, October 2009

Omnidirectional solar collector
patent, February 1982

Review of high-temperature central receiver designs for concentrating solar power
journal, January 2014

Solar energy absorber for use with a linear optical concentrating system
patent, September 1981

Energy conversion system
patent, August 1980

An Exergy-Based Metric for Evaluating Solar Thermal Absorber Technologies for Gas Heating
conference, March 2011

State of the art on high temperature thermal energy storage for power generation. Part 1—Concepts, materials and modellization
journal, January 2010

Face-Down Solid Particle Receiver Using Recirculation
journal, January 2011

Alternative cycles based on carbon dioxide for central receiver solar power plants
journal, April 2011

Solar central receiver heliostat reflector assembly
patent, June 1980

Method of optimizing performance of Rankine cycle power plants
patent, November 1982

Design and On-Sun Testing of a Solid Particle Receiver Prototype
conference, January 2008

Solar thermal electric power plant
patent, August 1979

Solar receiver
patent, September 1993

Process and apparatus for collecting solar energy
patent, September 1978

Evaluation of porous silicon carbide monolithic honeycombs as volumetric receivers/collectors of concentrated solar radiation
journal, March 2007

Central solar receiver with a multi component working medium
patent, September 1999

Hydrocarbon combustion power generation system with CO2 sequestration
patent, July 2003

Heat Transfer Coefficient Between Flat Surface and Sand
conference, January 2011

Volumetric receivers in Solar Thermal Power Plants with Central Receiver System technology: A review
journal, May 2011

Thermal Energy Storage and its Potential Applications in Solar Thermal Power Plants and Electricity Storage
conference, January 2011

Fur-like photothermal converter surface
patent, October 1978

Solar-nuclear hybrid power plant
patent, December 2015

System and Method for Producing Supercritical Zone
patent-application, May 2011

High efficiency solar receiver
patent, September 2015

Systems and methods for control of a solar power tower using infrared thermography
patent-application, January 2010

Liquid Metal Thermal Storage System
patent-application, May 2011

SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AN INDIRECT RADIATION DRIVEN GASIFIER REACTOR & RECEIVER CONFIGURATION
patent-application, December 2010

Solar receiver
patent, July 2013

Concentrated Solar Power System
patent-application, March 2011

Solar collector with conical elements
patent, June 1977

Hybrid Generation with Alternative Fuel Sources
patent-application, July 2007

Encapsulated Phase Change Apparatus For Thermal Energy Storage
patent-application, October 2011

Methods and Mechanisms to Increase Efficiencies of Energy or Particle Beam Collectors
patent-application, August 2009

Solar power system and method for power generation
patent-application, June 2005

High temperature solar receiver
patent, April 2010

Semi-closed Brayton cycle gas turbine power systems
patent, June 2005

High Temperature Solar Thermal Systems And Methods
patent-application, September 2011

Suction-recirculation device for stabilizing particle flows within a solar powered solid particle receiver
patent, February 2012

Method of manufacturing a solar cell using a pre-cleaning step that contributes to homogeneous texture morphology
patent, December 2011

Supercritical CO2 turbine for use in solar power plants
patent, March 2010

Multi-Receiver Heliostat System Architecture
patent-application, February 2009

Catalyzed hot gas heating system for concentrated solar power generation systems
patent, August 2011

Hybrid generation with alternative fuel sources
patent, December 2010

Subcritical CO2 Turbine for use in Solar Power Plants
patent-application, February 2010

Method for erection of a solar receiver and support tower
patent, August 2012

Solar Central Receiver
patent-application, October 2011

Concentrating solar collector
patent-application, March 2009

Solar Central Receiver System Employing Common Positioning Mechanism for Heliostats
patent-application, January 2011

Method and apparatus for supercritical ozone treatment of a substrate
patent, May 2007

Hybrid generation with alternative fuel sources
patent, February 2008

Concentrated solar power system receiver
patent-application, March 2011

High Temperature Molten Salt Receiver
patent-application, January 2008

Solar Heat Collector, Sunlight Collecting Reflector, Sunlight Collecting System and Solar Energy Utilization System
patent-application, July 2009

Solar power generation with multiple energy conversion modes
patent, October 2011

Power Generation System
patent-application, December 2009

Solar power plant and method and/or system of storing energy in a concentrated solar power plant
patent, June 2011

Rankine—microturbine for generating electricity
patent, May 2007

Thermodynamic cycles with supercritical CO.sub.2 cycle topping
patent, July 1976

Systems and Methods for Generating Electrical Power from Solar Energy
patent-application, December 2004

Solar Receiver
patent-application, October 2010

Method and apparatus for receiving solar energy
patent, September 1977