Power plants – Pressure fluid source and motor – Utilizing natural energy or having a geographic feature
Patent
1998-03-18
1999-11-16
Nguyen, Hoang
Power plants
Pressure fluid source and motor
Utilizing natural energy or having a geographic feature
606418, 6064115, F16D 3102, F03G 600
Patent
active
059836342
ABSTRACT:
A solar energy powerplant is described which involves a system of mobile reflector walls. The powerplant comprises: a group of four or more vertical towers open at both ends, said towers being mounted on a base structure in an equally spaced configuration; a plurality of vertically spaced, radially projecting heating chambers mounted externally on each tower, the chambers at each level being arranged as a pair of diametrically opposed segment-shaped chambers projecting from the tower a distance at least equal to the radius of the adjoining tower, with each chamber being divided into a series of smaller segment-shaped compartments separated by radial divider walls, each said segment-shaped compartment having an inlet for ambient air and an outlet into the tower for heated air; tiltable concave mirrors mounted on the outermost edges of the segment-shaped chambers for directing sun rays onto the heating chambers of adjacent towers; mobile reflector walls mounted for travel on tracks substantially surrounding said group of vertical towers, said mobile walls extending a height substantially equal that of the highest heating chambers and being spaced laterally from the towers, with the face of each mobile wall facing the towers having mounted thereon a plurality of tiltable concave mirrors for directing sun rays onto the towers; a water reservoir mount at the top of each tower and a water reservoir in the base structure of the powerplant, conduit and pump means for moving water between said reservoirs by way of heat exchange coils in said heating chambers such that hotter water is stored in the reservoir in the base structure and cooler water is stored in the reservoir at the top of each tower; and wind-powered impellers horizontally mounted in each tower in vertically spaced locations in association with said heating chambers, said impellers being adapted to drive electrical generating units.
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