Solar energy receiver for a Stirling engine

Details Solar energy receiver for a Stirling engine Solar energy receiver for a Stirling engine

1979-04-06

1980-12-02

Ostrager, Allen M.

Power plants

Utilizing natural heat

Geothermal

60524, 126419, F03G 702

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042363837

ABSTRACT:
A solar energy receiver including a separable endless wall formed of a ceramic material having defined therein a cavity of a substantially cylindrical configuration for entrapping solar flux, and an acceptance aperture adapted to admit to the cavity a concentrated beam of solar energy, said wall being characterized by at least a pair of contiguously related segments separated by lines of cleavage intercepting said aperture, at least one of the segments being supported for pivotal displacement, and a thermal-responsive actuator adapted to respond to excessive temperatures within the cavity for initiating pivotal displacement of said one segment, whereby thermal flux is permitted to escape from the cavity.

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patent: 3680307 (1972-08-01), Michalec
patent: 4064867 (1977-12-01), Schlesinger
patent: 4121565 (1978-10-01), Grisbrook
patent: 4135367 (1979-01-01), Frosch et al.

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