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US20090241939: Solar Receivers with Internal Reflections and Flux-Limiting Patterns of Reflectivity

Filing Information

Inventor(s)	Andrew Heap · Steven Schell · Seyed A. Ebrahimi-Sabet · Gregg Luconi · Quoc Pham · Adam Azarchs · Dan Reznik · Porter Arbogast · Craig Tyner ·
Assignee(s)	None listed in document. View assignee updates
Correspondent	MICHAEL BLAINE BROOKS, P.C. ·
Application Number	US12389833
Filing date	02/20/2009
Publication date	10/01/2009
Predicted expiration date	02/20/2029
U.S. Classifications	126/645 · 126/710 · 126/704 · 126/680 ·
International Classifications	F03G606 · F24J206 · F24J207 · F24J248 ·
Kind Code	A1

Abstract

Solar receivers and particularly to solar receivers having one or more cavities and optionally having absorptivity/reflectivity patterns on surfaces and methods of reflective material application.

Independent Claims | See all claims (20)

1. A solar receiver comprising: a receiver housing and comprising a cavity and an incident solar flux receiver comprising a first receiver panel, the first receiver panel comprising a plurality of boiler tubes.
13. A method of dispersing incident solar flux within a cavity of a solar receiver comprising: determining a region of a cavity surface of the solar receiver exceeding a threshold of absorbed flux; and applying a reflective material proximate to the determined region.
15. A method of dispersing incident solar flux within a cavity of a solar receiver comprising: determining a region of a surface of a cavity wall of the solar receiver exceeding a threshold of absorbed flux; and applying a reflective material proximate to a portion of the cavity wall surface based on the determined region exceeding the threshold.