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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 28, 2013
Filed:
Jul. 01, 2009
Terry L. Zahuranec, North Olmsted, OH (US);
Neil D. Sater, Brecksville, OH (US);
Bernard L. Sater, Strongsville, OH (US);
Terry L. Zahuranec, North Olmsted, OH (US);
Neil D. Sater, Brecksville, OH (US);
Bernard L. Sater, Strongsville, OH (US);
MH Solar Co., Ltd., Taipei, TW;
Abstract
System(s) and method(s) are provided for assembling and utilizing parabolic reflectors in a solar concentrator. Parabolic reflectors assembly starts with a low-cost, flat reflective material that is bent into a parabolic or trough shape via a set of support ribs that are affixed in a support beam. The parabolic reflectors are mounted on a support frame in various panels or arrays to form a parabolic solar concentrator. Each parabolic reflector focuses light in a line segment pattern. Light beam pattern focused onto a receiver via the parabolic solar concentrator can be optimized. The receiver is attached to the support frame, opposite the parabolic reflector arrays, and includes a photovoltaic (PV) module and a heat harvesting element that enable dual-mode energy conversion operation. To increase performance of the parabolic solar concentrator, the PV module can be configured to advantageously exploit a light beam pattern optimization regardless irregularities in the pattern.