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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2020

Filed:

Mar. 05, 2018
Applicant:

Alliance for Sustainable Energy, Llc, Golden, CO (US);

Inventors:

Michael Wagner, Highlands Ranch, CO (US);

Zhiwen Ma, Golden, CO (US);

Janna Martinek, Lafayette, CO (US);

Ty Neises, Broomfield, CO (US);

Craig Turchi, Lakewood, CO (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F24S 10/70 (2018.01); F24J 2/46 (2006.01); F24S 20/20 (2018.01); F24S 80/00 (2018.01); F24S 20/00 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F24S 10/72 (2018.05); F24J 2/46 (2013.01); F24S 10/70 (2018.05); F24S 20/20 (2018.05); F24S 80/00 (2018.05); F24S 2020/18 (2018.05); F24S 2080/05 (2018.05); Y02E 10/41 (2013.01); Y02E 10/44 (2013.01);
Abstract

An aspect of the present disclosure is a receiver for receiving radiation from a heliostat array that includes at least one external panel configured to form an internal cavity and an open face. The open face is positioned substantially perpendicular to a longitudinal axis and forms an entrance to the internal cavity. The receiver also includes at least one internal panel positioned within the cavity and aligned substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis, and the at least one internal panel includes at least one channel configured to distribute a heat transfer medium.


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