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. 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.
- Inventors:
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- Richland, WA
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- Battelle Memorial Institute, Columbus, OH (United States)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 864633
- Patent Number(s):
- 4394859
- Assignee:
- United States of America as represented by United States (Washington, DC)
- Patent Classifications (CPCs):
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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
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC06-76RL01830
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- central; solar; energy; receiver; improved; tower-mounted; heating; air; drawn; induced; draft; fan; vertically; oriented; absorbing; fin-shaped; slats; radially; arranged; concentric; cylindrical; arrays; top; tower; coaxially; surrounding; pipe; holes; draws; heated; receive; radiation; heliostat; field; wedge-shaped; columns; clusters; slat; mirror-reflecting; reflect; reduce; reradiation; reflection; concentric cylindrical; vertically oriented; solar energy; solar radiation; energy receiver; energy absorbing; radially arranged; reflect radiation; induced draft; draws air; air drawn; central solar; fan draws; cylindrical array; heating air; shaped column; /126/
Citation Formats
Drost, M Kevin. Central solar energy receiver. United States: N. p., 1983.
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Drost, M Kevin. Central solar energy receiver. United States.
Drost, M Kevin. Sat .
"Central solar energy receiver". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/864633.
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title = {Central solar energy receiver},
author = {Drost, M Kevin},
abstractNote = {An improved tower-mounted central solar energy receiver for heating air drawn through the receiver by an induced draft fan. 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 = {Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1983},
month = {Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1983}
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