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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 21, 2020
Filed:
Jun. 15, 2016
General Electric Technology Gmbh, Baden, CH;
Germain Felicien Augsburger, Zurich, CH;
Apurba Kumar Das, Vernon, CT (US);
Pedro Inigo, South Windsor, CT (US);
John David McGrane, Windsor, CT (US);
Sunil Satyanarayana Murthy, Manchester, CT (US);
General Electric Technology GmbH, Baden, CH;
Abstract
The present disclosure is directed to a solar receiver having improved heliostat field control. The solar receiver includes a plurality of receiver panels arranged adjacent to one another. Each receiver panel includes a plurality of receiver tubes aligned tangentially to one another. Further, each of the plurality of receiver tubes includes an inlet and an outlet. In addition, at least one of the inlets or outlets of the plurality of receiver tubes are arranged at a center of the receiver panel along a height thereof.