Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Secondary reflectors for solar collectors and methods of making the same
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Application No.: US16984254Application Date: 2020-08-04
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Publication No.: US11644219B2Publication Date: 2023-05-09
- Inventor: Guangdong Zhu
- Applicant: Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC
- Applicant Address: US CO Golden
- Assignee: Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC
- Current Assignee: Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US CO Golden
- Agent Michael A. McIntyre
- The original application number of the division: US15631522 2017.06.23
- Main IPC: F24S23/74
- IPC: F24S23/74 ; G02B5/08 ; F24S23/70 ; F24S25/00 ; F24S23/79 ; G02B19/00 ; F24S23/71 ; F24S23/72

Abstract:
A secondary reflector for receiving light from a plurality of primary reflectors that includes a reflecting surface having a length aligned along a first axis (z), where a cross-section of the reflecting surface in a plane perpendicular to the first axis (z) forms a curve comprising a concave section positioned between a first endpoint and a second endpoint, at least a portion of the concave section is accurately approximated by a polynomial equation, an aperture is formed by a straight line connecting the first endpoint to the second endpoint, and the concave section is configured to focus a plurality of beams of light passing through the aperture onto a focal point.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200370788A1 SECONDARY REFLECTORS FOR SOLAR COLLECTORS AND METHODS OF MAKING THE SAME Public/Granted day:2020-11-26
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