| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 126676000 | Particular absorber material | 26 |
| 20100065044 | SOLAR THERMAL PANEL AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE - A solar thermal panel is disclosed. The solar thermal panel includes a body, the body comprising a plurality of rubber particles bound by a binding agent and defining one or more channels within the body, the or each channel including a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet connectable to a fluid circulation circuit. | 03-18-2010 |
| 20100294263 | RADIATION-SELECTIVE ABSORBER COATING AND ABSORBER TUBE WITH RADIATION-SELECTIVE ABSORBER COATING - The radiation-selective absorber coating, in particular for an absorber tube of a parabolic trough collector, includes a reflective layer which is reflective in the infrared range, at least one barrier layer arranged below the reflective layer, at least one absorption layer arranged above the reflective layer, an antireflection layer arranged above the absorption layer and at least one adhesion-enhancing layer arranged between the barrier layer and the reflective layer. The adhesion-enhancing layer preferably is a molybdenum layer, but can also be provided by a copper, titanium, titanium oxide, or silicon layer. The adhesion-enhancing layer preferably has a thickness of 5 to 50 nm. | 11-25-2010 |
| 20120180783 | CENTRAL TUBE FOR A LINEAR CONCENTRATING SOLAR THERMAL POWER PLANT, HAVING AN ABSORBER LAYER, AND METHOD FOR APPLYING SAID ABSORBER LAYER - A central tube for linear concentrating solar thermal power plants, has an absorber layer. The absorber layer is generated by cold gas sputtering, wherein suitable method parameters can in particular generate an increased surface roughness by means of pores in the surface region of the absorber layer. An absorber layer can thus be advantageously produced, having a quadratic roughness of no more than 1 μm, measured in a close range of no more than 50 μm diameter, and preferably being made of a corrosion-proof hard alloy comprising tungsten carbide, in particular WC—CoCr, WC—Co, WC—FeCo, WC—FeC, WC—FeNi, WC—Ni or WC—NiCr. | 07-19-2012 |
| 20120192859 | SOLAR COLLECTOR AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A LIGHT-ABSORBING SURFACE - A solar collector is provided that has a base material and a nanostructured layer integrated into the base material so as to form a light-absorbing surface. The nanostructured layer has nanoparticles of an inorganic material. | 08-02-2012 |
| 20130125876 | METHOD FOR PROVIDING A THERMAL ABSORBER - A method for providing a thermal absorber, which can be used in solar thermal collectors. The method includes a step of depositing on a substrate a first layer having a composition that comprises titanium, aluminium, nitrogen, and one of following elements: silicon, yttrium, cerium, and chromium. The method further optionally includes a step of depositing a second layer deposited on the first layer, the second layer having a composition including titanium, aluminium, nitrogen, oxygen and one of the elements of silicon, yttrium, cerium, and chromium, and a step of depositing a third layer having a composition including titanium, aluminium, silicon, nitrogen, and oxygen, the third layer being a top layer of the thermal absorber. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130186389 | 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 for absorbing solar energy and for transferring the absorbed solar energy to a heat transfer fluid is provided. The heat receiver tube includes a first partial surface, which is covered by a solar energy absorptive coating, and a second partial surface, which is substantially uncovered by the absorbing coating. Also provided is a parabolic trough collector with a parabolic mirror having a sunlight reflecting surface for concentrating sunlight in a focal line of the parabolic minor and a heat receiver tube which is arranged in the focal line of the parabolic mirror, wherein the heat receiver tube is arranged in the focal line such that the first partial surface with the solar absorptive coating is at least partially located opposite to the sunlight reflecting surface and the second partial surface at least partially averted to the sunlight reflecting surface. | 07-25-2013 |
| 20130192588 | Method and Device for Producing a Highly Selectively Absorbing Coating on a Solar Absorber Component and Solar Absorber Having Such Coating - The invention relates to a method for producing a selectively absorbing coating on a solar absorber component comprising the steps of:
| 08-01-2013 |
| 20130220311 | SOLAR ENERGY ABSORPTIVE COATING, ARRANGEMENT OF THE COATING ON A SUBSTRATE, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE ARRANGEMENT AND USE OF THE ARRANGEMENT - A solar energy absorptive coating for absorbing sunlight energy is provided. The coating includes a multilayer stack including, a first absorbing layer with first absorbing layer material for absorbing an absorption radiation of a certain spectrum of the sunlight, a transmission dielectric layer with a transmission dielectric layer material for a transmission of the absorption radiation, and a second absorbing layer with a second absorbing layer material for absorbing the absorption radiation, wherein at least one of the absorbing layer materials has an absorbing layer material refractive index for the absorption radiation, between 1.5 and 4.0, and an absorbing layer material extinction coefficient for the absorption radiation, between 0.8 and 3.0, and the transmission dielectric layer material has a dielectric layer material refractive index for the absorption radiation, between 1.0 and 3.0, and a dielectric layer material extinction coefficient for the absorption radiation, between 0.0 and 0.2. | 08-29-2013 |
| 20130291858 | HEAT TRANSFER SYSTEM USING SOLAR ENERGY - A system for heating a fluid conveyed or contained in a pipe or other process equipment by solar energy is disclosed. The system includes passive and active control methods to control the temperature of the fluid within a selected temperature range. The passive methods use the natural properties of selected materials for the system and the geometry and the orientation of the materials to control the temperature range. The active methods uses one or more than one control mechanism for changing the ratio of energy gain and heat loss at any point in time during a day and between days and across seasons, with these mechanisms including mechanisms to control energy transfer in and heat transfer out of the fluid. | 11-07-2013 |
| 20140048059 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THERMAL ABSORBER FOR SOLAR THERMAL COLLECTOR | 02-20-2014 |
| 20140090639 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING AN ELEMENT FOR ABSORBING SOLAR RADIATION FOR A THERMAL CONCENTRATING SOLAR POWER PLANT - A solar radiation absorber element for a thermal concentrating solar power plant is achieved by forming a selective coating on an outer surface of a substrate made from stainless steel, chosen from stainless steels presenting an aluminium content of more than 0.5% by weight. Formation of the selective coating includes a surface treatment step of the substrate, by polishing, and a heat treatment step of the substrate, in an oxidizing atmosphere, in a temperature range included between 550° C. and 650° C. The heat treatment in particular enables at least one intrinsically selective superficial thin layer to be formed on the outer surface of the substrate. | 04-03-2014 |
| 20140130794 | SOLAR SELECTIVE ABSORBER BASED ON DOUBLE NITRIDE COMPOSITE MATERIAL AND PROCESS FOR ITS PREPARATION - A thin-film spectrally selective coating for receiver tube of vacuumed type for use in thermodynamic solar installations and operating both at medium temperature (up to 400° C.) and at high temperature (up to 550° C.), coating where the optically absorbing layer is a multilayer of cermet material of type: W | 05-15-2014 |
| 20140144426 | COVERING THAT SELECTIVELY ABSORBS VISIBLE AND INFRARED RADIATION, AND METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION THEREOF - The present invention relates to a covering that selectively absorbs visible and infrared radiation, which comprises: (a) a first anti-diffusion barrier layer ( | 05-29-2014 |
| 20140261388 | THERMO-RESPONSIVE ASSEMBLY AND METHODS FOR MAKING AND USING THE SAME - In an embodiment, an assembly, comprising: a glazing layer; a light absorbing layer; and a thermo-responsive layer between the glazing layer and the light absorbing layer. The thermo-responsive layer comprises a matrix polymer having a glass transition temperature and an inorganic filler, wherein the matrix polymer comprises 0.5 to 10 weight percent of repeat units derived from acrylonitrile, based upon a total weight of the matrix polymer. The refractive indices of the matrix polymer and the inorganic filler differ by less than or equal to 0.05 at 25° C. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140326236 | HIGH ABSORPTIVITY, HEAT RESISTANT COATINGS AND RELATED APPARATUS AND METHODS - A paint formulation can include an inorganic oxide-based pigment and an organic binder. The organic binder can be irreversibly converted to an inorganic binder upon curing of the paint formulation at a temperature greater than 200° C. The oxide-based pigment and/or the paint formulation itself can have an absorptivity of at least 80% with respect to the AM 1.5 spectrum. The paint formulation can also include at least one organic solvent, an inorganic filler, and/or at least one additive. Such paint formulations may be stable at high temperatures (e.g., 750° C.) and can be used as solar-radiation-absorbing heat-resistant coatings for components of a solar tower system. | 11-06-2014 |
| 20140360489 | SOLAR RECEIVER TUBE ASSEMBLY WITH SUITED RECEIVER TUBE PER WORKING TEMPERATURE AND USE OF THE RECEIVER TUBE ASSEMBLY - A solar receiver tube assembly is provided with at least one first solar receiver tube with a first selective absorptive coating; at least one second solar receiver tube with a second selective absorptive coating, wherein values of at least one optical characteristic of the first selective coating and the second selective coating differs from each other while an operating the solar receiver tube assembly. The optical characteristics are preferably α and ε. The idea is to improve the effectiveness of the receiver tubes along the receiver assembly. | 12-11-2014 |
| 20150107582 | SPECTRALLY SELECTIVE COATINGS FOR OPTICAL SURFACES - Techniques, systems, devices and materials are disclosed for spectrally selective coatings for optical surfaces having high solar absorptivity, low infrared emissivity, and strong durability at elevated temperatures. In one aspect, a spectrally selective coating includes a substrate formed of a light absorbing material, and a composite material formed over the substrate and including nanoparticles dispersed in a dielectric material, in which the composite material forms a coating capable of absorbing solar energy in a selected spectrum and reflecting the solar energy in another selected spectrum. | 04-23-2015 |
| 20150300695 | HEAT CONVERSION MEMBER AND HEAT CONVERSION LAMINATE - The present invention addresses the problem of providing a heat conversion member capable of efficiently converting light to heat. This heat conversion member is characterized in that it includes a composite material of at least one type of semiconductor and at least one type of metal material. | 10-22-2015 |
| 20150316289 | SOLAR SPECTRUM SELECTIVE ABSORPTION COATING AND ITS MANUFACTURING METHOD - A solar spectrum selective absorption coating is disclosed. The coating includes, from the substrate to the air interface: substrate | 11-05-2015 |
| 20150316290 | SOLAR SPECTRUM SELECTIVE ABSORPTION COATING AND ITS MANUFACTURING METHOD - A solar spectrum selective absorption coating is disclosed. The coating includes, from the substrate to the air interface: substrate | 11-05-2015 |
| 20150316291 | OPTICAL SELECTIVE FILM - The present invention addresses the issue of providing an optical selective film that contributes to efficiently converting light into heat. This optical selective film is characterized in that: the optical selective film includes at least an Ag-containing layer, and an Ag diffusion prevention layer that is disposed adjacent to the Ag-containing layer; and the Ag diffusion prevention layer contains FeSi | 11-05-2015 |
| 20160061492 | HEAT COLLECTOR FOR SOLAR THERMAL POWER GENERATION - There is provided a heat collector for solar thermal power generation that suppresses oxidization using a silicon-carbide ceramic sintered body as a base body. The heat collector includes the base body made of a silicon-carbide ceramic sintered body in which channels (cells) for passing through a heat medium are formed, a first glass layer of silicate glass that coats at least a part of surfaces of the base body and contains an alkali metal constituent and/or an alkaline-earth metal constituent, and a second glass layer of silicate glass that coats the first glass layer and has a sum of contents of an alkali metal constituent and an alkaline-earth metal constituent, which is smaller than a sum of contents of the alkali metal constituent and the alkaline-earth metal constituent in the first glass layer. | 03-03-2016 |
| 126677000 | Metal | 4 |
| 20100180887 | Solar Energy Collection System and Components - A solar energy collection system and components includes a vacuum and an air compressor. The system includes a plurality of flexible units each having a backing portion and a solar cell portion upwardly adjacent and coupled to the backing portion. Each backing portion includes adhesive and at least one channel in the adhesive. Each channel is configured for communication with the vacuum to withdraw air from the channel when the adhesive is initially coupled to a structure and for communication with an air compressor to provide air to the channel to separate the adhesive from the structure. Each solar cell portion has an electricity generating element. The structure for coupling units transfers electricity between units. Each unit has an electricity outlet for passing electricity generated by at least one generating element for storage or use. | 07-22-2010 |
| 20100294264 | ABSORBER FOR A THERMAL SOLAR COLLECTOR AND METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION OF SUCH AN ABSORBER - An absorber ( | 11-25-2010 |
| 20110088687 | Radiation-selective absorber coating and absorber tube with said radiation-selective absorber coating - The radiation-selective absorber coating for absorber tubes of parabolic trough collectors includes two or more barrier layers ( | 04-21-2011 |
| 20110174298 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR HIGH-PERFORMANCE SOLAR RADIATION COLLECTION - An apparatus is provided for converting solar radiation into thermal energy via a first and second non-ferrous metal conduit joined in a serpentine configuration by a non-ferrous metal end fitting. In one aspect, the apparatus is a high performance solar radiation collector converting solar radiation into thermal energy and transferring said thermal energy to a liquid transfer medium flowing through the collector. | 07-21-2011 |
