Invention Application
- Patent Title: OFF-AXIS CASSEGRAIN SOLAR COLLECTOR
- Patent Title (中): 离轴CASSEGRAIN太阳能收集器
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Application No.: US14373683Application Date: 2013-01-18
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Publication No.: US20150009567A1Publication Date: 2015-01-08
- Inventor: David G. Freier , Timothy L. Quinn , Thomas R. Corrigan , Byron E. Trotter
- Applicant: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
- International Application: PCT/US2013/022051 WO 20130118
- Main IPC: F21S11/00
- IPC: F21S11/00 ; G02B7/182 ; G02B19/00

Abstract:
The disclosure generally relates to concentrating daylight collectors and in particular to concentrating daylight collectors useful for interior lighting of a building. The concentrating daylight collectors generally include a cassegrain-type concentrator section that provides for a full-tracking solar collector with one moving part and with a high efficiency of coupling of collected solar irradiation to a stationary duct. In some cases, the disclosed concentrating daylight collectors can be used more conventionally, such as for directing sunlight onto a photo-voltaic cell for generation of electrical power, or an absorbing surface for extraction of thermal energy.
Public/Granted literature
- US09335015B2 Off-axis cassegrain solar collector Public/Granted day:2016-05-10
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