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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 08, 2018
Filed:
Apr. 02, 2014
Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, Western Cape Province, ZA;
Klaus Von Pressentin;
Detlev Gustav Kröger, Stellenbosch, ZA;
STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY, Stellenbosch, Western Cape Province, ZA;
Abstract
A central solar receiver () is provided having a heat exchanger assembly with walls that form an inlet chamber () and a generally juxtaposed outlet chamber () connected to each other by way of a multitude of tube assemblies (). Each tube assembly () has an inner tube () and an outer tube () with the tube assemblies () extending away from the inlet and outlet chambers (). A remote end () of the outer tube () is closed and the inner tube () terminates short of that closed end (). The interior of each inner tube () communicates with one of the inlet and outlet chambers () and a space between each of the inner and outer tubes () communicates with the other of the inlet and outlet chambers () to form a passageway connecting the inlet and outlet chambers () by way of the inner tube () and the space between the inner and outer tubes () with a change in direction of flow of about 180°.