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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 27, 2011
Filed:
Nov. 20, 2009
Supratik Guha, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Philip C. Hobbs, Briarcliff Manor, NY (US);
Yves C. Martin, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Robert L. Sandstrom, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Theodore G. Van Kessel, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Supratik Guha, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Philip C. Hobbs, Briarcliff Manor, NY (US);
Yves C. Martin, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Robert L. Sandstrom, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Theodore G. van Kessel, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A solar concentration system includes an optically clear shell member having an outer surface and an inner surface, with the inner surface defining a hollow interior portion, a liquid contained within the hollow interior portion of the optically clear shell, and a solar collection system contained within the hollow interior portion of the optically clear shell. The solar collection system includes a tracking system configured and disposed to selectively shift within the hollow interior portion, a reflector member mounted to the tracking system, and a solar receiver mounted to the tracking system. The tracking system being configured and disposed orient the reflector member and the solar receiver to follow a path of the sun enhancing the collection of solar energy.