A solar power generation system includes a plurality of reflective elements and a receiver having a plurality of receiver panels receiving sunlight from the reflective elements. Each receiver panel has an enclosure having a heat conduction fluid being heated by the received sunlight. Each receiver panel also has a plurality of tubes carrying a first heat transfer fluid and being at least partially submerged in the heat conduction fluid.
A solar reflective assembly includes a plurality of reflective segments radially configured to collectively at least partially define a dish-shaped reflector having a center axis, each reflective segment having a generally conical shape and being discontinuous relative to the conical shape of an adjacent reflective segment, and an elongated receiver having a length generally extending in a direction of the center axis. Each reflective segment reflects and focuses sunlight on the receiver along the length of the - receiver.
F24S 10/30 - Collecteurs de chaleur solaire utilisant des fluides vecteurs avec des moyens pour échanger la chaleur entre plusieurs fluides
F24S 23/71 - Agencements pour concentrer les rayons solaires pour les collecteurs de chaleur solaire avec des réflecteurs avec des surfaces réfléchissantes paraboliques
F24S 23/74 - Agencements pour concentrer les rayons solaires pour les collecteurs de chaleur solaire avec des réflecteurs avec des surfaces réfléchissantes en forme d’auge ou sous forme cylindro-parabolique
A solar power plant includes a first solar reflective system configured to heat a first heat transfer fluid to a temperature within a first temperature range and at least a second solar reflective system coupled to the first solar reflective system, the second solar reflective system having a second heat transfer fluid configured to be heated to a temperature within the first temperature range by the first heat transfer fluid, the second solar reflective system configured to heat the second heat transfer fluid to a temperature within a second temperature range. The solar power plant may also include a power generation system coupled to the first solar reflective system and the second solar reflective system and configured to generate electricity by receiving heat from the first heat transfer fluid and the second heat transfer fluid.
B60K 16/00 - Dispositions relatives à l'alimentation des ensembles de propulsion sur les véhicules en énergie tirée des forces de la nature, p. ex. du soleil ou du vent
4.
CONTROL AND TRACKING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR A SOLAR POWER GENERATION SYSTEM
Embodiments of a solar reflector assembly and methods of controlling a solar reflector assembly are generally described herein. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.
F24S 50/20 - Agencements pour commander les collecteurs de chaleur solaire pour le suivi
F24S 23/70 - Agencements pour concentrer les rayons solaires pour les collecteurs de chaleur solaire avec des réflecteurs
F24S 23/71 - Agencements pour concentrer les rayons solaires pour les collecteurs de chaleur solaire avec des réflecteurs avec des surfaces réfléchissantes paraboliques
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MOUNTING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MOUNTING A CURVED PANEL TO A FRAME
Embodiments of to a mounting system and method for mounting curved panel to a frame are generally described herein. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.
A thin-sheet panel assembly. In one embodiment, a substantially rigid thin-sheet panel assembly having a non-rigid thin-sheet component includes the thin-sheet component which has selected plan area and shape, a backer having a plan shape and area substantially similar to the thin-sheet component, and plural riser elements of selected height and configuration each extending from the backer to distal ends connected to a reverse surface of the thin-sheet component, the riser elements being configured and disposed in an array which causes the assembly to have substantial rigidity in a selected direction in the thin-sheet component, and the thin-sheet panel assembly further includes a bar coupled to the backer and extending between at least one pair of adjacent riser elements of the plural riser elements.
A thin- sheet panel assembly. In one embodiment, a substantially rigid thin-sheet panel assembly (50) having a non-rigid thin-sheet component includes the thin- sheet component (51) which has selected plan area and shape, a backer (60) having a plan shape and area substantially similar to the thin-sheet component, and plural riser elements (64) of selected height and configuration each extending from the backer to distal ends connected to a reverse surface of the thin -sheet component, the riser elements being configured and disposed in an array which causes the assembly to have substantial rigidity in a selected direction in the thin- sheet component, and the thin- sheet panel assembly further includes a bar (78) coupled to the backer and extending between at least one pair of adjacent riser elements of the plural riser elements.
A thin-sheet panel assembly. In one embodiment, a substantially rigid thin-sheet panel assembly having a non-rigid thin-sheet component includes the thin-sheet component which has selected plan area and shape, a backer having a plan shape and area substantially similar to the thin-sheet component, and plural riser elements of selected height and configuration each extending from the backer to distal ends connected to a reverse surface of the thin-sheet component, the riser elements being configured and disposed in an array which causes the assembly to have substantial rigidity in a selected direction in the thin-sheet component, and the thin-sheet panel assembly further includes a bar coupled to the backer and extending between at least one pair of adjacent riser elements of the plural riser elements.
E04C 2/54 - Éléments translucides en forme de dalles
E04C 3/02 - PoutrellesSolives, fermes ou structures analogues à des fermes, p. ex. préfabriquéesLinteauxTraverses
E04B 1/18 - Structures comportant des éléments porteurs allongés, p. ex. colonnes, poutres, ossatures
E04B 5/10 - Structures portantes de planchers, formées essentiellement d'éléments préfabriqués comportant des poutres ou solives métalliques, p. ex. poutrelles à treillis métalliques
E04B 5/18 - Structures de planchers partiellement formées sur place comportant des nervures de renforcement ou autres conformations semblables à des poutres entièrement coulées entre des éléments de remplissage
A drive mechanism for a solar concentrator assembly. In one embodiment, a drive mechanism for a linear solar concentrator assembly which includes an elongate reflector support frame which is rotatable about an axis which is parallel to the length of the frame and is defined by a support for the frame includes: a first elongate arm fixable at one end to the frame for rotation about the axis with the frame; a second elongate arm rotatable at one end about the axis independently of the first arm; a first reversible linear drive device coupled between the second arm and the first arm which is operable to rotate the first arm about the axis relative to the second arm; and a second reversible linear drive device coupled between the support and the second arm which is operable to rotate the second arm about the axis.
A drive mechanism for a solar concentrator assembly. In one embodiment, a drive mechanism for a linear solar concentrator assembly which includes an elongate reflector support frame which is rotatable about an axis which is parallel to the length of the frame and is defined by a support for the frame includes: a first elongate arm fixable at one end to the frame for rotation about the axis with the frame; a second elongate arm rotatable at one end about the axis independently of the first arm; a first reversible linear drive device coupled between the second arm and the first arm which is operable to rotate the first arm about the axis relative to the second arm; and a second reversible linear drive device coupled between the support and the second arm which is operable to rotate the second arm about the axis.
F24J 2/38 - comportant des dispositifs de poursuite (F24J 2/02, F24J 2/06 ont priorité;montages ou supports rotatifs pour ces dispositifs F24J 2/54;structures de support pour modules photovoltaïques spécialement adaptées pour le suivi du soleil H02S 20/32)
F24J 2/54 - spécialement adapté pour un mouvement de rotation
F24J 2/14 - semi-cylindriques ou en forme de cylindre parabolique
F24J 2/46 - Parties constitutives, détails ou accessoires de collecteurs de chaleur solaire
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MULTIPLEXED TORQUE BRAKE SYSTEM FOR A SOLAR CONCENTRATOR ASSEMBLEY
A multiplexed torque brake (MTB) system for preventing the accumulation of torsional forces at a center drive and thereby significantly reducing the design load requirements for trough frames of a corresponding solar concentrator assembly (SCA). In one embodiment, an MTB system for an SCA having a plurality of solar reflector frames spaced along a length of the SCA includes a plurality of brake mechanisms arranged at locations spaced apart from each other along the length of the SCA, each of the brake mechanisms coupled to a corresponding one of a plurality of supporting pylons and configured to constrain the solar reflector frames from rotating when subjected to torsional loads, the brake mechanisms adapted to transfer the torsional loads to the corresponding supporting pylons.
A mini-truss thin-sheet panel assembly. In one embodiment, a substantially rigid thin-sheet panel assembly having a non-rigid thin-sheet component includes the thin-sheet component which has selected plan area and shape, a backer having a plan shape and area substantially similar to the thin-sheet component, and plural riser elements of selected height and configuration each extending from the backer to distal ends connected to a reverse surface of the thin- sheet component, the riser elements being configured and disposed in an array which causes the assembly to have substantial rigidity in a selected direction in the thin- sheet component.
A movable support armature for a curved reflector of electromagnetic radiation is defined substantially as a double layer grid space frame. The armature has plural parallel major chord framing members each having an elongate axis and disposed in a frame major surface. The major chord members include a pair of bottom major chord members essentially in a bottom one of the frame major surfaces. Upper major chord members include a central chord member which is located between two outer upper chord members. The outer chord members lie in respective ones of two planes which also include the central upper chord member; the planes intersect at the central chord member at an included angle which is concave away from the frame bottom plane. Node connector structures are disposed at spaced locations along each major chord member. Minor chord framing members are connected between corresponding node structures on the major chord members defining the respective planes to form arrays of major and minor chord members in each plane. Strut framing members are interconnected between node connector structures in different ones of the planes. Bracing framing members are connected between non-adjacent node connector structures in each array.
A node connector in a double layer grid-type of space frame preferably is an extrusion which includes an open-ended tubular portion for snugly at least substantially encircling a frame chord member of desired cross-sectional configuration which is disposable in the passage. The node connector has fixed external elements which extend along the connector parallel to the passage. Those elements define facing parallel flat surfaces arranged in at least two pairs of such surfaces. The surfaces of each pair lie equidistantly from a center plane between them. Each center plane is parallel to the passage axis and preferably includes the passage axis. Each pair of facing flat surfaces of the node connector can cooperate closely with opposite flat surfaces at the end of each of other frames framing member placed between the facing surfaces. The node connector can be secured to a chord member in its passage and to ends of other framing members by shear pins which have zero clearances in node connector holes and in holes or passages through the respective framing members. The space frame can be a movable armature for a curved solar reflector, the space frame having a V- shaped major surface. At least some of the framing members can be thin wall tubes modified to have opposing, flat-exterior wall zones along the length of each tube and in which the wall thickness is locally increased and through which shear pin holes are defined.
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