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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 07, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 05, 2015
Cockerill Maintenance & Ingenierie S.a., Seraing, BE;
Alfred Dethier, Sprimont, BE;
COCKERILL MAINTENANCE & INGENIERIE S.A., Seraing, BE;
Abstract
An external solar receiver for a tower solar concentration thermodynamic plant and a field of heliostats includes a plurality of panels wherein each panel with heat exchanger tubes is connected to an interior support element, with an axis substantially perpendicular to the panel, the interior support element being furthermore connected in a rotary manner to a support element belonging to the internal structure by means of at least two parallel, substantially horizontal connecting rods. The connecting rods are each articulated at a first end on the interior support element and at a second end on the support element, respectively, so that under the effect of thermal expansion or contraction of the panels with heat exchangers, each of the panels moves substantially parallel to itself and without deformation of the surface thereof, and in such a way that the polygonal or circular cross-section of the receiver undergoes a homothetic transformation.