High flux solar energy transformation

Title: High flux solar energy transformation

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Disclosed are multi-stage systems for high flux transformation of solar energy allowing for uniform solar intensification by a factor of 60,000 suns or more. Preferred systems employ a focusing mirror as a primary concentrative device and a non-imaging concentrator as a secondary concentrative device with concentrative capacities of primary and secondary stages selected to provide for net solar flux intensification of greater than 2000 over 95 percent of the concentration area. Systems of the invention are readily applied as energy sources for laser pumping and in other photothermal energy utilization processes.

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Winston, Roland ^[1]; Gleckman, Philip L ^[1]; O'Gallagher, Joseph J ^[2]

Chicago, IL
Flossmoor, IL

Issue Date:: 1991-04-09

Research Org.:: Midwest Research Institute, Kansas City, MO (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 867764

Patent Number(s):: 5005958

Application Number:: 07/423,616

Assignee:: Arch Development Corporation (Chicago, IL)

DOE Contract Number:: AC02-83CH10093; XX-6-06019

Resource Type:: Patent

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: flux; solar; energy; transformation; disclosed; multi-stage; systems; allowing; uniform; intensification; factor; 60; 000; suns; preferred; employ; focusing; mirror; primary; concentrative; device; non-imaging; concentrator; secondary; capacities; stages; selected; provide; net; 2000; 95; percent; concentration; readily; applied; sources; laser; pumping; photothermal; utilization; processes; solar flux; focusing mirror; laser pumping; energy sources; thermal energy; solar energy; energy source; laser pump; energy utilization; systems employ; /359/126/

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  abstractNote = {Disclosed are multi-stage systems for high flux transformation of solar energy allowing for uniform solar intensification by a factor of 60,000 suns or more. Preferred systems employ a focusing mirror as a primary concentrative device and a non-imaging concentrator as a secondary concentrative device with concentrative capacities of primary and secondary stages selected to provide for net solar flux intensification of greater than 2000 over 95 percent of the concentration area. Systems of the invention are readily applied as energy sources for laser pumping and in other photothermal energy utilization processes.},

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