Central solar-energy receiver
Abstract
An improved tower-mounted central solar energy receiver for heating air drawn through the receiver by an induced draft fan is described. A number of vertically oriented, energy absorbing, fin-shaped slats are radially arranged in a number of concentric cylindrical arrays on top of the tower coaxially surrounding a pipe having air holes through which the fan draws air which is heated by the slats which receive the solar radiation from a heliostat field. A number of vertically oriented and wedge-shaped columns are radially arranged in a number of concentric cylindrical clusters surrounding the slat arrays. The columns have two mirror-reflecting sides to reflect radiation into the slat arrays and one energy absorbing side to reduce reradiation and reflection from the slat arrays.
- Issue Date:
- OSTI Identifier:
- 5352780
- Application Number:
- ON: DE82016121
- Assignee:
- Dept. of Energy
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC06-76RL01830
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 14 SOLAR ENERGY; CENTRAL RECEIVERS; DESIGN; FINS; SOLAR AIR HEATERS; BLOWERS; CYLINDRICAL CONFIGURATION; PIPES; RANKINE CYCLE POWER SYSTEMS; AIR HEATERS; CONFIGURATION; ENERGY SYSTEMS; EQUIPMENT; HEATERS; POWER SYSTEMS; SOLAR COLLECTORS; SOLAR EQUIPMENT; SOLAR RECEIVERS; 140702* - Solar Thermal Power Systems- Central Receiver; 141000 - Solar Collectors & Concentrators
Citation Formats
. Central solar-energy receiver. United States: N. p., 1981.
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. Central solar-energy receiver. United States.
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"Central solar-energy receiver". United States.
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abstractNote = {An improved tower-mounted central solar energy receiver for heating air drawn through the receiver by an induced draft fan is described. A number of vertically oriented, energy absorbing, fin-shaped slats are radially arranged in a number of concentric cylindrical arrays on top of the tower coaxially surrounding a pipe having air holes through which the fan draws air which is heated by the slats which receive the solar radiation from a heliostat field. A number of vertically oriented and wedge-shaped columns are radially arranged in a number of concentric cylindrical clusters surrounding the slat arrays. The columns have two mirror-reflecting sides to reflect radiation into the slat arrays and one energy absorbing side to reduce reradiation and reflection from the slat arrays.},
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year = {Tue Oct 27 00:00:00 EST 1981},
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