Solar collector with improved thermal concentration

Patent · Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1976

OSTI ID:862714

Barak, Amitzur Z ^[1]

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1. Chicago, IL

Reduced heat loss from the absorbing surface of the energy receiver of a cylindrical radiant energy collector is achieved by providing individual, insulated, cooling tubes for adjacent parallel longitudinal segments of the receiver. Control means allow fluid for removing heat absorbed by the tubes to flow only in those tubes upon which energy is then being directed by the reflective wall of the collector.

• 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 3994279
• OSTI ID: 862714
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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