Invention Application
US20120325314A1 Solar Power Collection Using High-Focus-Accuracy Mirror Array
审中-公开
使用高对焦精度镜阵列的太阳能收集
- Patent Title: Solar Power Collection Using High-Focus-Accuracy Mirror Array
- Patent Title (中): 使用高对焦精度镜阵列的太阳能收集
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Application No.: US13166775Application Date: 2011-06-22
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Publication No.: US20120325314A1Publication Date: 2012-12-27
- Inventor: Patrick C. Cheung , Patrick Y. Maeda
- Applicant: Patrick C. Cheung , Patrick Y. Maeda
- Applicant Address: US CA Palo Alto
- Assignee: Palo Alto Research Center Incorporated
- Current Assignee: Palo Alto Research Center Incorporated
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Palo Alto
- Main IPC: H01L31/0232
- IPC: H01L31/0232 ; F24J2/04 ; F03G6/06 ; F24J2/38

Abstract:
A method for harvesting solar power by concentrating sunlight onto a raised solar receiver disposed on a tower. The method involves rotating a mirror array made up of multiple flat mirrors as a unit around a vertical axis such that sunlight shines on the mirror array from a fixed apparent azimuth angle at all times during daylight hours, and controlling each mirror's pivot position to track the sun's elevation angle such that sunlight is accurately reflected onto the raised solar receiver at all times during daylight hours. In one embodiment the mirror array is disposed on a roundabout-type platform whose rotational position is controlled to track the sun's azimuth angle and the raised receiver is maintained at a substantially fixed position relative to the mirror array for all rotational positions of the platform.
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