Patent · US Expired

Solar-thermal power plant

US4167856A · kind A · utility

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3References

6Claims

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Assignee

Messerschmitt Bolkow Blohm GmbH · DE

Inventors

Albert Seidel · Höhenkirchen-Siegertsbrunn, DE
Dietmar Wolf · Höhenkirchen-Siegertsbrunn, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 15, 1976
Grant date	Sep 18, 1979
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 15, 1996

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY02E10/46
WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A solar-thermal power plant, comprises an open air circuit wherein the eftive heat obtained from solar energy is supplied to the air current between a compressor and an expansion machine. The construction includes a solar heater which is exposed directly to solar radiation and which is traversed by the air current and provides a means for the direct solar heating of the air current which is conveyed from the compressor to the expansion machine.

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