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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 08, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 20, 2010
Applicants:
Alexander H. Slocum, Bow, NH (US);
Daniel S. Codd, Escondido, CA (US);
Adam T. Paxson, Boston, MA (US);
Inventors:
Alexander H. Slocum, Bow, NH (US);
Daniel S. Codd, Escondido, CA (US);
Adam T. Paxson, Boston, MA (US);
Assignee:
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, Cambridge, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F24J 2/04 (2006.01); F24J 2/30 (2006.01); F24J 2/10 (2006.01); F24J 2/00 (2014.01); F03G 6/06 (2006.01); F24J 2/34 (2006.01); F28D 20/02 (2006.01); F24J 2/07 (2006.01); F24J 2/32 (2006.01); F24J 2/46 (2006.01); F28D 20/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F24J 2/34 (2013.01); F24J 2/0466 (2013.01); F24J 2/07 (2013.01); F24J 2/10 (2013.01); F24J 2/32 (2013.01); F24J 2/4609 (2013.01); F28D 20/0039 (2013.01); F28D 20/02 (2013.01); F28D 20/028 (2013.01); F28D 2020/0095 (2013.01); Y02E 10/41 (2013.01); Y02E 10/44 (2013.01); Y02E 10/46 (2013.01); Y02E 60/145 (2013.01); Y02E 70/30 (2013.01);
Abstract
Systems and methods for concentrating and storing solar energy are provided. A solar energy receiver for use with the systems and methods may include a container for holding a solar absorption material, such as a phase change material, and a cooled cover disposed above the container for condensing and collecting vaporized phase change material collected along an underside of the cover.