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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 06, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 28, 2008
Shailesh Atreya, Irvine, CA (US);
Michael F. Stoia, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA (US);
Tina R. Stoia, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA (US);
Russell K. Jones, Manhattan Beach, CA (US);
Shailesh Atreya, Irvine, CA (US);
Michael F. Stoia, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA (US);
Tina R. Stoia, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA (US);
Russell K. Jones, Manhattan Beach, CA (US);
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
An aerospace platform includes a structure having a cavity and a light-transmissive portion that exposes the cavity to sunlight. The aerospace platform further includes a fluid heating system. The fluid heating system includes a fluid-carrying, thermally absorptive structure within the cavity, and a solar collector for collecting light transmitted through the light-transmissive portion and focusing the collected light onto the absorptive structure. The thermally absorptive structure has a high surface absorptivity that retains thermal energy when exposed to solar irradiance and heats fluid contained therein.