Sea shell solar collector

Patent · Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1976

OSTI ID:862697

Rabl, Ari ^[1]

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1. Downers Grove, IL

A device is provided for the collection and concentration of solar radiant energy including a longitudinally extending structure having a wall for directing radiant energy. The wall is parabolic with its focus along a line parallel to an extreme ray of the sun at one solstice and with its axis along a line parallel to an extreme ray of the sun at the other solstice. An energy absorber is positioned to receive the solar energy thereby collected.

• Research Organization: Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: W-31109-ENG-38
• Assignee: United States of America as represented by United States Energy (Washington, DC)
• Patent Number(s): US 3991740
• OSTI ID: 862697
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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