Solar energy apparatus with automatic tracking alignment adjustm

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1983-12-27

1985-10-22

Jones, Larry

Stoves and furnaces

Tool having fluid fuel burner

Curling iron

126438, 126452, F24J 302

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045481954

ABSTRACT:
Automatic alignment adjustments are incorporated into the tracking control program of a concentrating solar collector apparatus to skew the alignment of aspheric, nonparabolic reflectors slightly off the half angle between the sun and fixed receivers. The automatic alignment adjustments are predetermined for each day of the year specific to the latitude of the installation and provide flexibility in the location of the reflector's pivot axes and in the design of the reflector's support framing system, reduce tracking error efficiency losses, and allow replicated reflectors and standardized support framing systems to be utilized over a wide range of latitudes.

REFERENCES:
patent: 4215410 (1980-07-01), Weslow et al.
patent: 4261335 (1981-04-01), Balhorn
patent: 4432343 (1984-02-01), Riise et al.

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