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Title: High flux thermal receiver and method of use

Patent ·
OSTI ID:1650765

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.

Research Organization:
Oregon State Univ., Corvallis, OR (United States); Univ. of California, Oakland, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
0007108; EE0005801
Assignee:
Oregon State University (Corvallis, OR); The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, CA)
Patent Number(s):
10,619,890
Application Number:
15/642,164
OSTI ID:
1650765
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 07/05/2017
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

References (1)

Microchannel Solar Absorber patent-application November 2016