High flux thermal receiver and method of use
Abstract
A thermal receiver, such as a solar flux thermal receiver, is disclosed comprising a modular arrangement of arrayed microchannels or micropins to heat a working fluid by heat transfer. Disclosed solar receivers provide a much higher solar flux and consequently a significant reduction in thermal losses, size, and cost, relative to known receivers. Unit cell receivers can be numbered up and combined in parallel to form modules, and modules combined to form full scale receivers.
- Inventors:
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- Oregon State Univ., Corvallis, OR (United States); Univ. of California, Oakland, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1650765
- Patent Number(s):
- 10619890
- Application Number:
- 15/642,164
- Assignee:
- Oregon State University (Corvallis, OR); The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, CA)
- Patent Classifications (CPCs):
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F - MECHANICAL ENGINEERING F24 - HEATING F24S - SOLAR HEAT COLLECTORS
F - MECHANICAL ENGINEERING F28 - HEAT EXCHANGE IN GENERAL F28F - DETAILS OF HEAT-EXCHANGE AND HEAT-TRANSFER APPARATUS, OF GENERAL APPLICATION
- DOE Contract Number:
- 0007108; EE0005801
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Resource Relation:
- Patent File Date: 07/05/2017
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 42 ENGINEERING; 14 SOLAR ENERGY
Citation Formats
Drost, Monte Kevin, Apte, Sourabh, L'Estrange, Thomas, Narayanan, Vinod, Rymal, Charles, Truong, Eric, Rasouli, Erfan, Zada, Kyle Ryan, and Fronk, Brian M. High flux thermal receiver and method of use. United States: N. p., 2020.
Web.
Drost, Monte Kevin, Apte, Sourabh, L'Estrange, Thomas, Narayanan, Vinod, Rymal, Charles, Truong, Eric, Rasouli, Erfan, Zada, Kyle Ryan, & Fronk, Brian M. High flux thermal receiver and method of use. United States.
Drost, Monte Kevin, Apte, Sourabh, L'Estrange, Thomas, Narayanan, Vinod, Rymal, Charles, Truong, Eric, Rasouli, Erfan, Zada, Kyle Ryan, and Fronk, Brian M. Tue .
"High flux thermal receiver and method of use". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1650765.
@article{osti_1650765,
title = {High flux thermal receiver and method of use},
author = {Drost, Monte Kevin and Apte, Sourabh and L'Estrange, Thomas and Narayanan, Vinod and Rymal, Charles and Truong, Eric and Rasouli, Erfan and Zada, Kyle Ryan and Fronk, Brian M.},
abstractNote = {A thermal receiver, such as a solar flux thermal receiver, is disclosed comprising a modular arrangement of arrayed microchannels or micropins to heat a working fluid by heat transfer. Disclosed solar receivers provide a much higher solar flux and consequently a significant reduction in thermal losses, size, and cost, relative to known receivers. Unit cell receivers can be numbered up and combined in parallel to form modules, and modules combined to form full scale receivers.},
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journal = {},
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place = {United States},
year = {2020},
month = {4}
}
Works referenced in this record:
Microchannel Solar Absorber
patent-application, November 2016
- Hyde, Roderick A.; Kare, Jordin T.; Tuckerman, David B.
- US Patent Application 14/698573; 20160319804