Solids-based concentrated solar power receiver

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9939178
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14507103

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A concentrated solar power (CSP) system includes channels arranged to convey a flowing solids medium descending under gravity. The channels form a light-absorbing surface configured to absorb solar flux from a heliostat field. The channels may be independently supported, for example by suspension, and gaps between the channels are sized to accommodate thermal expansion. The light absorbing surface may be sloped so that the inside surfaces of the channels proximate to the light absorbing surface define downward-slanting channel floors, and the flowing solids medium flows along these floors. Baffles may be disposed inside the channels and oriented across the direction of descent of the flowing solids medium. The channels may include wedge-shaped walls forming the light-absorbing surface and defining multiple-reflection light paths for solar flux from the heliostat field incident on the light-absorbing surface.

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THE BABCOCK & WILCOX COMPANY20 SOUTH VAN BUREN AVENUE BARBERTON OH 44203

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Flynn, Thomas J North Canton, US 46 493
Hu, Shengteng Copley, US 5 27
Kraft, David L Massillon, US 20 147
Marshall, Jason M Wadsworth, US 11 74
Maryamchik, Mikhail Fairlawn, US 29 136
Sakadjian, Bartev B North Canton, US 5 45

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