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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 10, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 06, 2014
Babcock & Wilcox Power Generation Group, Inc., Barberton, OH (US);
Mikhail Maryamchik, Fairlawn, OH (US);
Thomas J Flynn, North Canton, OH (US);
Shengteng Hu, Copley, OH (US);
David L. Kraft, Massillon, OH (US);
Jason M. Marshall, Wadsworth, OH (US);
Bartev B. Sakadjian, North Canton, OH (US);
The Babcock & Wilcox Company, Baberton, OH (US);
Abstract
A concentrated solar power (CSP) system includes channels arranged to convey a flowing solids medium descending under gravity. The channels form a light-absorbing surface configured to absorb solar flux from a heliostat field. The channels may be independently supported, for example by suspension, and gaps between the channels are sized to accommodate thermal expansion. The light absorbing surface may be sloped so that the inside surfaces of the channels proximate to the light absorbing surface define downward-slanting channel floors, and the flowing solids medium flows along these floors. Baffles may be disposed inside the channels and oriented across the direction of descent of the flowing solids medium. The channels may include wedge-shaped walls forming the light-absorbing surface and defining multiple-reflection light paths for solar flux from the heliostat field incident on the light-absorbing surface.