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| 20080202499 | SOLAR HEAT COLLECTOR - A solar heat collector includes a trough extending along the ground. The solar heat collector further includes a first region within the trough. The first region extends along a length of the trough. The first region is configured to absorb solar radiation and to heat a fluid flowing within the first region with thermal energy resulting from the absorbed solar radiation. The solar heat collector further includes a second region between the first region and the ground. The second region is substantially thermally insulating the first region from the ground. | 08-28-2008 |
| 20090139514 | Improved Solar Collector - Apparatus for collection of solar energy includes at least one heat-transfer collector device comprising (i) a hollow core, adapted for passage of heat transfer fluid, and (ii) a preferably detachable laminar metallic cover configured to wrap around the and be in close physical contact with at least part of an outer surface of the core, while the outer surface of the cover is adapted for exposure to solar radiation by the presence of a solar energy absorptive coating. | 06-04-2009 |
| 20090145424 | Solar collector - Disclosed is a solar heater with a primary circuit course in a panel for heating two separate inter connected storage reservoirs. | 06-11-2009 |
| 20090241940 | SOLAR THERMAL COLLECTOR MANIFOLD - A solar thermal energy collector manifold is provided. The manifold is connected to solar collector tubes for collecting solar energy. A fluid is used to transfer the heat collected from the collector tubes. The manifold includes an inlet path for receiving the fluid, a fluid flow path for transferring the fluid to the solar collector tubes, and an outlet path for outputting the heated fluid. To facilitate the flow paths, the manifold includes a plate with depressions. | 10-01-2009 |
| 20100101563 | ABSORBER FOR SOLAR HEATING AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING AN ABSORBER - The invention relates to an absorber ( | 04-29-2010 |
| 20100126499 | Solar Thermal Energy Absorber Tube - An absorber tube is provided that includes an inner tube and an outer tube that at least partially surrounds the inner tube and is concentric with the inner tube. An expansion element is present and is configured for expanding in response to differences in thermal expansion between the inner tube and the outer tube. A getter is located radially at a position between the inner tube and the outer tube. | 05-27-2010 |
| 20100192943 | SOLAR HEAT COLLECTION SYSTEM - A solar heat collection system for heating water, the system comprising in one embodiment a plurality of lengths of water conduit pipe inside lengths of water conduit jacket pipe and spaced apart therefrom, with an insulating medium contained between the pipe and jacket pipe. The lengths of water conduit pipe are fluidly connected together to provide a circulation system for the water such that solar heat energy may be provided to a heat load. A variety of connection methods for connecting the lengths of piping are provided and the lengths of piping may be flexible for a variety of solar heat system installations. | 08-05-2010 |
| 20100206298 | SOLAR RECEIVERS AND SYSTEMS THEREOF - A solar receiver is disclosed and includes a housing having a front, radiation-facing, end and a rear end, the front end being formed with a cavity therein. A window is mounted at the front end of the housing and projects inside the cavity. A receiver chamber is defined within the cavity between the housing and the window. The receiver chamber has a working fluid inlet for ingress of working fluid to be heated therewithin, and a working fluid outlet for egress therethrough of the heated fluid. A solar absorber is within the receiver chamber for absorbing the solar radiation and heating the working fluid. The solar absorber includes at least one tubular member configured for maintaining fluid isolation between contents thereof and contents of the receiver chamber. The solar absorber is configured for heating working fluid within the receiver chamber exterior to the tubular member, and working fluid within the tubular member. | 08-19-2010 |
| 20100212660 | DEVICE FOR COLLECTING SOLAR ENERGY | 08-26-2010 |
| 20100294261 | ASYMMETRIC SOLAR COLLECTOR SYSTEM - An symmetric solar collector system is disclosed which comprises one or more reflectors in the shape of an asymmetrical vertically-biased parabolic trough, which allows for the reflectors to be stacked vertically, and have a zero footprint. The reflectors each include a reinforced absorber comprising two or more tubes attached to each other in truss-like fashion, with a sag to length ratio of less than about 1/500. In addition, although the vertically-biased trough shape lessens the amount of surface area available for water or ice to accumulate, the reflector surface is partially coated with a material that is highly absorptive of solar wavelengths, and thus, heats any accumulated water/ice to the point of evaporation. | 11-25-2010 |
| 20100307482 | ENERGY SUPPLYING DEVICE - The present disclosure relates to an energy supplying device intended to be used for energy collecting, energy transfer and energy release, but also for cooling and storing of energy, said energy supplying device ( | 12-09-2010 |
| 20110073104 | PARABOLIC TROUGH SOLAR ENERGY COLLECTION SYSTEM - Examples and variations of apparatus and methods for concentrating solar radiations with trough solar energy collectors are disclosed. A support assembly for a trough solar energy collector has a plurality of transverse ribs attached to longitudinal rails and end assemblies secured to the rails. End assemblies may attach to longitudinal rails through transverse ribs, and guy wires may span from one of the end sections to the other. Transverse ribs may be formed of two rib sections with semi-parabolic shape. Solar energy collecting panels may be placed on the ribs and secured with cowlings and transverse panel-retaining strips, for instance. | 03-31-2011 |
| 20110155124 | SOLAR RECEIVER SYSTEM - A solar receiver is provided, comprising a receiver housing extending along a longitudinal axis, having front and rear ends; a window configured to allow radiation to pass therethrough, the window being mounted at the front end and projecting within the housing; a receiver chamber defined between the housing and the window, the receiver chamber having a working fluid inlet for ingress of working fluid to be heated therewithin, and a working fluid outlet for egress therethrough of the heated working fluid; and a solar radiation absorber configured for absorbing the radiation and heating the working fluid thereby, the absorber being located within the receiver chamber and surrounding at least a portion of the window, the solar radiation absorber being formed with channels and made of a foam material, such as a ceramic or metallic foam material, having a characteristic average pore diameter. Each of the channels is open at a proximal, window-facing, end; extends radially within the absorber, and terminates at a distal end being closed by the material of the absorber. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110220094 | SECONDARY REFLECTOR FOR LINEAR FRESNEL REFLECTOR SYSTEM - A solar collection system having a secondary reflector is provided. The secondary reflector may be located above a field of primary reflectors and below a solar receiver. The secondary reflector may form a portion of an ellipse or macrofocal ellipse and be operable to reflect at least a portion of the solar radiation reflected by the primary reflectors onto the solar receiver. The secondary reflector may be disposed away from the solar receiver and associated tertiary reflectors such that it does not intercept reflected solar radiation from the outer primary reflectors that would otherwise have struck the solar receiver and tertiary reflectors had the secondary reflector not been present. | 09-15-2011 |
| 20120174911 | SOLAR COLLECTOR - The solar collector according to the invention has a membrane arrangement | 07-12-2012 |
| 20120234312 | SOLAR LIGHT HEAT RECEIVER, AND SOLAR LIGHT COLLECTING AND HEAT RECEIVING SYSTEM - Disclosed is a solar light heat receiver having a heat receiving tube which allows a heat medium to flow through the inside thereof and which transmits the heat of irradiated solar light to the heat medium, the solar light heat receiver being provided with a partition member which divides the inside of the heat receiving tube into a first passage on the light receiving surface side to be irradiated with solar light, and a second passage on the non-light receiving surface side opposite to the first passage in the irradiation direction of solar light. | 09-20-2012 |
| 20120312294 | TUBULAR HEAT EXCHANGER, IN PARTICULAR RECEIVING TUBE OF A CONCENTRATING SOLAR PLANT - The present invention concerns a tubular heat exchanger ( | 12-13-2012 |
| 20130014746 | SOLAR RECEIVER, PARTICULARLY OF THE TYPE FOR PARABOLIC LINEAR SOLAR CONCENTRATORS AND THE LIKEAANM Simonetti; TancrediAACI ThieneAACO ITAAGP Simonetti; Tancredi Thiene ITAANM Salinari; PieroAACI FirenzeAACO ITAAGP Salinari; Piero Firenze ITAANM Ronda; GiovanniAACI ThieneAACO ITAAGP Ronda; Giovanni Thiene IT - A solar receiver, particularly of the type for parabolic linear solar concentrators comprising a receiver tube, for the circulation of a heat transfer fluid, which is supported in a longitudinally adaptable manner in a shell that comprises a shielding body provided with a longitudinal slit, and at least one lens for closing the slit, which is permeable to the solar radiation that during use is reflected toward the receiver tube by a concentrator mirror, with which the shell is associated during use. Between the receiver tube and the shell an annular chamber is provided, which contains a preselected thermally insulating gas, at an operating pressure substantially comprised between 1 mbar and 31 mbar, the preselected gas having a thermal conductivity of substantially less than 0.01 W/mK at the operating temperature at the operating pressure. | 01-17-2013 |
| 20130025585 | GETTER SYSTEM FOR HYDROGEN SENSITIVE DEVICES - Solutions for integrating hydrogen getter in powder form within hydrogen sensitive devices, and hydrogen sensitive devices employing such solutions are described. One of such solutions is a hydrogen getter system with a metallic mesh with closed extremities containing material powders. | 01-31-2013 |
| 20130298899 | NON-WELDING SOLAR COLLECTOR TUBE CONNECTING STRUCTURE - A non-welding solar collector tube connecting structure includes a collector tube having a tube wall, a containing space, a screw hole and a penetrating hole. The penetrating hole is interconnected to the containing space, and the connecting sleeve includes a tube pillar having a through hole, a plurality of screw threads formed on an external periphery of the tube pillar. A ring plate is installed at an end of the row tube, and the row tube is passed through the tube pillar, and a front end of the tube pillar is abutted against the ring plate, and the row tube is coupled to a side of the collector tube through tube pillar, and the ring plate is compressed by the tube pillar and abutted against the exterior of the penetrating hole. | 11-14-2013 |
| 20130327318 | FLAT EVACUATED-TUBE SOLAR COLLECTOR - A flat evacuated-tube solar collector includes two parallel collecting tubes, a plurality of parallel evacuated tubes perpendicularly installed between two collecting tubes. Each evacuated tube includes two distal tube sections and a middle section situated between the two distal tube sections, and the middle section is in a flat shape, and has a cross-sectional area greater than that of the distal tube sections. The flat evacuated tubes substitute the conventional fins soldered onto a flat panel solar collector to receive sunlight, while the characteristic of two distal ends of the evacuated tube having a smaller cross-section than the middle section maintains an appropriate spacing between the collecting tube and a connecting point of the evacuated tube to assure the structural strength of the collecting tube. | 12-12-2013 |
| 20140130790 | HEAT RECEIVER TUBE, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE HEAT RECEIVER TUBE, PARABOLIC TROUGH COLLECTOR WITH THE RECEIVER TUBE AND USE OF THE PARABOLIC TROUGH COLLECTOR - A heat receiver tube having first, second, and further partial heat receiver tube surfaces for absorbing and transferring solar energy to heat transfer fluid is presented. The first and further partial heat receiver tube surfaces are formed by solar absorptive coatings deposited on partial surfaces of core tube. The second partial heat receiver tube surface is formed by emission radiation inhibiting coating deposited on second core tube surface for inhibiting emissivity for infrared radiation. The further partial heat receiver tube surface is arranged in radiation window of second partial heat receiver tube surface such that direct sunlight impinges further partial heat receiver tube surface. The heat receiver tube is arranged in focal line of parabolic mirror of parabolic trough collector. The first partial heat receiver tube surface and sunlight reflecting surface is arranged face to face, second and further partial heat receiver tube surfaces are averted to reflecting surface. | 05-15-2014 |
| 20140326235 | VOLUMETRIC SOLAR RECEIVER - A volumetric receiver vessel for heating a fluid with concentrated solar radiation which includes: an external housing having an aperture at the front end; an internal housing separating fluid entering the vessel from fluid exiting thereof; a window covering the aperture of the vessel, where the window closes and seals the aperture of said vessel against a non-metallic seal; and a radiation absorber, located inside the vessel and places to absorb radiation entering the vessel through said window on a radiation absorbing surface, where said surface include at least two zones with different radiation absorption coefficients. | 11-06-2014 |
| 20140345600 | ABSORBER TUBE - An absorber tube is provided that has a metal tube and a sleeve tube, which is made of glass and encloses the metal tube such that an annular space is formed between the metal tube and the sleeve tube. The annular space is evacuated and has at least one container filled with protective gas, where the container is a solder-free pressure container. | 11-27-2014 |
| 20140360487 | RECEIVER SYSTEM FOR A FRESNEL SOLAR PLANT - A receiver system for a Fresnel solar plant is provided. The system includes an absorber tube defining a longitudinal direction and a mirror array that runs parallel to the longitudinal direction. The mirror array has a mirror-symmetrical curve profile having at least one top apex for concentrating light beams onto the absorber tube. The mirror array has ventilation holes in the region of the apex. | 12-11-2014 |
| 20150020793 | PANEL-BASED SOLAR RECEIVER - The invention relates to a panel-based solar receiver for a thermal solar tower power plant ( | 01-22-2015 |
