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Date of Patent:
Aug. 23, 2005

Filed:

Dec. 13, 2002
Applicant:

Robert Z. Litwin, Canoga Park, CA (US);

Inventor:

Robert Z. Litwin, Canoga Park, CA (US);

Assignee:

The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F03G006/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A solar power plant having a plurality of receiver panels mounted in a circular fashion about a solar receiver. Each receiver panel includes a plurality of tubes that terminate at each end at a header. To eliminate the presence of gaps between the tubes of adjacent receiver panels the headers are staggered or beveled. In the staggered configuration the headers of adjacent receiver panels are located in different elevations so that the headers of adjacent receiver panels may overlap each other, thus allowing the headers and tubes of adjacent receiver panels to be positioned closer together to eliminate gaps between the tubes of adjacent panels. In the beveled configuration the headers are angled such that the terminal ends of adjacent headers are parallel and positioned in a closely abutting relationship, resulting in the absence of gaps between adjacent headers and tubes.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Litwin, Robert. (2005). Solar central receiver with inboard headers (U.S. Patent No. 6931851). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/6931851

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