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Concentrated solar power generation using solar receivers

US9726155B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Wilson Solarpower Corporation · US

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	Sep 16, 2011
Grant date	Aug 8, 2017
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 16, 2031

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY02E10/46
WIPO fieldThermal processes and apparatus
WIPO sectorMechanical 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.

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