公开(公告)号：US10041700B1

公开(公告)日：2018-08-07

申请号：US14189408

申请日：2014-02-25

Applicant: eSolar, Inc.

Inventor： Quoc Pham ,  Christian Gregory ,  Michael Slack ,  Bill Gross ,  Dan Reznik ,  Porter Arbogast

IPC: F24J2/10 ,  F24J2/16 ,  F24J2/52 ,  H01L31/0525

Abstract: A solar power plant includes central receiver modules arranged in a regular pattern. Each central receiver module includes a tower, a central receiver mounted on the tower, and a heliostat array bounded by a polygon. The heliostat array includes heliostats with mirrors for reflecting sunlight to the central receiver. The heliostats are grouped in linear rows and each of the rows is parallel to another row. The locations of the heliostats are staggered between adjacent rows. The power plant also includes a power block for aggregating power from the central receivers and power conduits for transferring power from the central receivers to the power block.