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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 29, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 20, 2011
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 method of concentrating solar energy includes receiving solar energy through a surface of an optically clear shell, guiding the solar energy through a liquid contained in the optically clear shell, folding the solar energy back through the liquid toward a solar receiver, and shifting the solar receiver within the optically clear shell to track the sun, wherein the solar energy collected by the solar receiver is converted into electrical energy.