Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
126683000 | With concentrating reflector and concentrating lens | 7 |
20090000612 | Apparatuses and methods for shaping reflective surfaces of optical concentrators - Apparatuses and methods for shaping reflective surfaces of optical concentrators are disclosed. An exemplary embodiment of an optical concentrator in accordance with the present invention includes a reflective surface and one or more shaping components that help to provide a desired shape to the reflective surface. Exemplary shaping components preferably comprise thin, readily manufacturable ribs with precision surfaces that provide the desired shape to a reflective surface. | 01-01-2009 |
20090173338 | Photoenergy heat collector - A photoenergy heat collector including an outer sleeve and multiple condenser lenses. The outer sleeve has a wall formed with multiple perforations passing through the wall of the outer sleeve from inner side to outer side. The condenser lenses are respectively inlaid in the perforations to focus light beams into the outer sleeve. A water flow can go into one end of the outer sleeve and flow through the outer sleeve and then flow out from the other end of the outer sleeve. Accordingly, as a heat exchanger, the heat of the light beams focused by the condenser lenses into the outer sleeve is absorbed by the water to heat the water. The photoenergy heat collector further includes an inner sleeve disposed in the outer sleeve and extending through the outer sleeve to serve as a passage for the water flow. The focuses of the condenser lenses reside in the outer circumference of the inner sleeve, whereby the inner sleeve can absorb the heat of the light focused by the condenser lenses and transfer the heat to the water flow. | 07-09-2009 |
20090205638 | Solar Receiver for a Photo-Bioreactor - A solar receiver for a photo-bioreactor comprises a support having an interior, a vessel for supporting a biological culture, and at least one optical element. The optical element is arranged to receive light, and to direct the light to the interior of the support, to which the vessel is mounted. | 08-20-2009 |
20100024805 | SOLAR PANELS FOR CONCENTRATING, CAPTURING, AND TRANSMITTING SOLAR ENERGY IN CONVERSION SYSTEMS - A panel for concentrating and collecting solar energy. The panel includes light collector assemblies that are positioned side-by-side. Each collector assembly includes a receiver element with an elongate body and a light receiving surface on a first side of the body that has a curved cross section. A concentrating lens extends along the length of the receiver body, and the lens is a flat or arched Fresnel lens adapted to focus incident light onto a long, thin strip along the length of the light receiving surface. A plurality of light transmission sheets or wafers extend along the receiver element body with a first edge of the sheet abutting (e.g., to provide optical coupling) a surface opposite the light receiving surface. Light is captured by the transmission sheets at angles that allow total internal reflectance to transmit the light to a master light sheet for transmission through the panel. | 02-04-2010 |
20100242952 | SOLAR POWER SYSTEM WITH TOWER TYPE HEAT DISSIPATING STRUCTURE - A tower type heat dissipating structure is applied to dissipate the heat of a solar power system. The solar power system is provided with a reflector having a hemispheric surface for reflecting the sunlight to a solar cell. The heat dissipating structure comprises a heat-conducting plate, a plate type heat pipe and a plurality of heat dissipating fins. One side of the heat-conducting plate is connected with the solar cell, and the other side is provided with a groove for being embedded an end of the plate type heat pipe. The heat dissipating fins is arranged with an inclination angle against the plate type heat pipe that can promote the heated air within the gaps to rise. The heat is rapidly conduced to prevent the solar cell from being destroyed by overheating for reducing the repairing costs. | 09-30-2010 |
20100313879 | SOLAR ENERGY COLLECTOR AND SOLAR ENERGY MODULE HAVING SAME - A solar energy collector includes a frustoconical reflective shell and a light converging lens. The frustoconical reflective shell includes a top opening and an opposite bottom opening. The reflective shell tapers from the top opening to the bottom opening. The reflective shell is configured for reflecting light. The light converging lens is arranged at the top opening and is fixed on the sidewall of the reflective shell. The light concentration lens includes a central lens portion and a periphery lens portion. The central lens portion includes a first light incident portion facing away from the bottom opening. The central lens portion includes a plurality of concentric annular prisms cooperatively forming a Fresnel-lens structure. The periphery lens portion is arranged surrounding the central lens portion. The periphery lens portion includes a convex second lens portion. | 12-16-2010 |
20110197880 | Solar Concentration and Cooling Devices, Arrangements and Methods - Arrangements may include a concentrator constructed and arranged to receive incident electromagnetic energy and to concentrate the incident electromagnetic energy to a greater intensity level; an electromagnetic receiving device comprising a first surface constructed and arranged to receive the concentrated electromagnetic energy, and a second surface opposite the first surface; a heat transport device comprising at least one duct and a first surface; and a thermal interface layer physically connected to at least a portion of the second surface of the electromagnetic energy receiving device and the first surface of the heat transport device, the thermal interface material being both electrically and thermally conductive. Related methods and additional arrangements are also described. | 08-18-2011 |