Primary reflector for solar energy collection systems and method of making same
US4149817A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jan 25, 1977 |
| Grant date | Apr 17, 1979 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 25, 1997 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02E10/47
- WIPO fieldThermal processes and apparatus
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A fixed, linear, ground-based primary reflector having an extended curved sawtooth-contoured surface covered with a metalized polymeric reflecting material, reflects solar energy to a movably supported collector that is kept at the concentrated line focus of the reflector primary. The primary reflector may be constructed by a process utilizing well-known freeway paving machinery.
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