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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 20, 1993
Filed:
Jul. 06, 1992
Applicant:
Inventor:
Nicholas G Vitale, Watervliet, NY (US);
Assignee:
Mechanical Technology Inc., Latham, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F03G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
6064114 ; 60517 ; 6064115 ; 60676 ;
Abstract
The apparatus is a low-temperature solar to electric power conversion system. A solar collector directs solar insolation to a cavity receiver which heats primary thermal transport fluid to approximately 700.degree. F. An auxiliary fossil or biomass heater may be used to replace or supplement the solar-powered cavity receiver. The primary thermal transport fluid is provided to a Stirling engine which provides electric power and hot water heated to approximately 160.degree. F.