Stoves and furnaces – Tool having fluid fuel burner – Curling iron
Patent
1981-01-05
1982-10-19
O'Connor, Daniel J.
Stoves and furnaces
Tool having fluid fuel burner
Curling iron
126438, 126451, 353 3, F24J 302
Patent
active
043544843
ABSTRACT:
A solar energy collection system for receiving and collecting a concentrated supply of available energy from the sun includes a reflector having an internal structural frame covered by a thin deformable film at the front and a membrane cover enclosing the remainder of the structure. The front film has a reflective surface deformable into the desired configuration by the creation of a partial vacuum within the reflector. The reflector is driven by a two axis tracking mechanism directed by controls including a microprocessor programmed with data providing the position of the sun. The sun's rays are reflected from the reflective surface into an absorber through which working fluid circulates and which has a low radiation loss tube matrix design. The tubes are supported from a heat exchanger plate at one end of the absorber by means of rods carried by the plate which trap a beaded lip at the end of the tubes. Various safety and efficiency interrupts/overrides are incorporated into the controls to forestall or to terminate tracking and return the reflector to a stored position when, for example, there is insufficient solar insolation and/or excessive wind at the reflector location.
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Grow, Jr. Joseph A.
Malone Kenneth B.
O'Connor Daniel J.
Ruderman Alan
Transolar, Inc.
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