Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Tracking solar collector with parallel arrays of cells
- Patent Title (中): 跟踪具有平行阵列阵列的太阳能集热器
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Application No.: US12286971Application Date: 2008-10-03
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Publication No.: US08153944B2Publication Date: 2012-04-10
- Inventor: Braden E. Hines , William Gross
- Applicant: Braden E. Hines , William Gross
- Applicant Address: US CA Poway
- Assignee: Energy Innovations, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Energy Innovations, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Poway
- Agent Andrew S. Naglestad
- Main IPC: G01C21/02
- IPC: G01C21/02

Abstract:
A tracking concentrator with a positioning system for alternately aiming the tracking solar concentrator based on the sun or a database is disclosed. The preferred positioning system comprises a sensor adapted to detect an incident light level; a tracking database comprising solar angle information; an orientation processor; one or more actuators for aiming the one or more optical elements based on the orientation processor; wherein the orientation processor is configured to track the sun based on (a) the receiver if the sensed light level exceeds a determined threshold, and (b) the tracking database if the sensed light level does not exceed the determined threshold.
Public/Granted literature
- US20090179139A1 Tracking solar collector Public/Granted day:2009-07-16
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