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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 14, 2020
Filed:
Jul. 18, 2014
Commissariat À L'energie Atomique ET Aux Energies Alternatives, Paris, FR;
Salzgitter Mannesmann Precision Etirage Sas, St-Florentin, FR;
Valéry Vuillerme, Viviers-du-Lac, FR;
Arnaud Bruch, Grenoble, FR;
Gatien Fleury, Gréoux-les-Bains, FR;
Benoit Boulay, Neuvy Sautour, FR;
Jean-Marc Duhamel, Vitry-le-François, FR;
COMMISSARIAT À L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES, Paris, FR;
SALZGITTER MANNESMANN PRECISION ETIRAGE SAS, St-Florentin, FR;
Abstract
A solar absorber body for a concentrating solar power system, said solar absorber body including: a tube, designed to contain a heat transfer medium and including a first part designed to be exposed to the sunlight and a second part designed to be unexposed to the sunlight, an assembly of fins made of thermally conductive material, and a selective coating arranged at least on the outer surface of the first part of the tube, said assembly of fins defining at least two longitudinal passages inside the tube, said passages being adjacent in a sectional plane perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the tube, said assembly of fins being configured to create a continuous thermal bridge inside the tube from at least a portion of the inner surface of first part of the tube to at least a portion of the inner surface of the second part of the tube.