Concentrated solar power generation using solar receivers

US10280903B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Wilson 247Solar, Inc. · VG

Inventors

• Bruce N. Anderson · Great Falls, US
• William Dean Treece · Forest Park, US
• Dan Brown · Madison, US
• Florian Bennhold · Osnabrück, DE
• Christoph Hilgert · Odenthal, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 2, 2017
• Grant date: May 7, 2019
• Expiry date: Aug 2, 2037

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02E10/46
• WIPO field: Thermal processes and apparatus
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

Inventive concentrated solar power systems using solar receivers, and related devices and methods, are generally described. Low pressure solar receivers are provided that function to convert solar radiation energy to thermal energy of a working fluid, e.g., a working fluid of a power generation or thermal storage system. In some embodiments, low pressure solar receivers are provided herein that are useful in conjunction with gas turbine based power generation systems.