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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 13, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 25, 2013
Applicant:
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Akira Furutani, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F03G 7/00 (2006.01); F03G 6/06 (2006.01); F24J 2/07 (2006.01); F24J 2/10 (2006.01); F24J 2/16 (2006.01); G02B 7/182 (2006.01); G02B 7/183 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F03G 6/06 (2013.01); F24J 2/07 (2013.01); F24J 2/1047 (2013.01); F24J 2/16 (2013.01); G02B 7/183 (2013.01); G02B 7/1827 (2013.01); F03G 2006/062 (2013.01); Y02E 10/41 (2013.01); Y02E 10/46 (2013.01);
Abstract
Optical axis vectors indicating a direction of an optical axis of a mirror structure that directs the light from the sun at a plurality of times on a predetermined day to a condensed position are obtained for each of the plurality of times. Next, a cone having generatrices along which direction segments of the optical axis vectors for each of the plurality of times extend is determined, and a cone central axis vector indicating a direction of a central axis of the cone is obtained. A first rotational axis of an optical condenser is set to be parallel to the cone central axis vector.