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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 02, 1982
Filed:
Feb. 02, 1981
Thomas J Hoffman, Knoxville, TN (US);
Jose G Martin, Lowell, MA (US);
Other;
Abstract
A solar energy concentrating device for concentrating the intensity of solar radiation impinging on a solar collector includes a plurality of adjacently positioned tapered solar energy passageways having solar energy reflecting walls. These tapered solar energy passageways are disposed in an arcuate array to form a solar energy concentrating device. The convex side of the concentrating device is the outer surface of the concentrating device through which solar energy enters the tapered solar energy passageways, and the concave side of the concentrating device is the inner surface of the concentrating device from which concentrated solar energy emerges from the concentrating device. A solar collector is located to the concave side of the concentrating device so that the concentrated solar energy leaving the concentrating device will impinge on the solar collector.