Patent · US Expired

Solar collector with lens array

US4309985A · kind A · utility

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Assignee

International Business Machines Corporation · US

Inventors

Armin Bohg · Altensteig, DE
Marian Briska · Eppelheim, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 12, 1981
Grant date	Jan 12, 1982
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 12, 2001

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10S126/909
WIPO fieldThermal processes and apparatus
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A solar collector having a lens array serving as a light incidence surface that focuses the light energy onto radiation passages in a coating located in the focal plane of the lens array, the coating having a radiation reflecting surface on the side away from the incident light and the radiation passages being enabled through energy that is locally effective through focusing of impinging light.

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