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SOLAR ENERGY RECEIVER United States Patent Application 20140230808 A1 · Filed: 02/20/2013 · Published: 08/21/2014

Solar receiver having a receiver funnel, a solar absorber, and an absorber rotation drive mechanism. The receiver funnel has a funnel entrance and a funnel exit. The solar absorber may have a spherical shape and has an absorber rotation axis. The solar absorber is rotatably positioned in the funnel exit. The solar absorber has an internal absorber fluid chamber, an absorber fluid intake and an absorber fluid outlet. The absorber rotation drive mechanism provides for rotating the solar absorber about the absorber rotation axis.

Inventors:
Johnson, Neldon P. (Deseret, UT, US)
App Num: 13/772272
Pub Date: 08/21/2014
File Date:02/20/2013

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