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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 24, 2010
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2008
Steve Horne, El Granada, CA (US);
Mary Jane Hale, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Eric Prather, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Peter Young, San Francisco, CA (US);
Steve Horne, El Granada, CA (US);
Mary Jane Hale, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Eric Prather, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Peter Young, San Francisco, CA (US);
SolFocus, Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
A solar thermal energy collector manifold is provided. The manifold is connected to solar collector tubes for collecting solar energy. A fluid is used to transfer the heat collected from the collector tubes. The manifold includes an inlet path for receiving the fluid, a fluid flow path for transferring the fluid to the solar collector tubes, and an outlet path for outputting the heated fluid. To facilitate the flow paths, the manifold includes a plate with depressions.