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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 27, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 07, 2009
Adam P. Plesniak, Huntington Beach, CA (US);
John C. Hall, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA (US);
Adam P. Plesniak, Huntington Beach, CA (US);
John C. Hall, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA (US);
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
A solar concentrator including a housing defining a vertical axis and including a receiving wall connected to a reflecting wall to define an internal volume and an opening into the internal volume, wherein the reflecting wall defines at least one primary optical element, and wherein at least a portion of the reflecting wall includes a layer of reflective material, the housing further including a cover connected to the receiving wall and the reflecting wall to seal the opening, and at least one receiver mounted on the receiving wall such that a vertical axis of the receiver is disposed at a non-zero angle relative to the vertical axis of the housing, the receiver including at least one photovoltaic cell.