WE CLAIM.
1) A Concentrating Solar Collector System for Thermal and / or Electrical Power
Generation which comprises of a planar support structure (1) made of a polygonal or
circular assembly of flat space trusses, mounted on a two-axes-supporting single tower
(2); in which the said planar structure supports reflector facets (3), the said reflector
facets being saga either flat or curved-in with a small angle, and are fixed at different
angles or differentially inclined, together forming a set of paraboloids with common
focus; in which a heat exchanger element, that is receiver (4) which is placed in front of
the reflector facets, in such way that it can move in angular or linear motion or it can
remain stationary; in which either the said heat exchanger element is placed and is
connected through insulated pipes to a storage device, which is, in turn, connected to the
usage point; or concentrated photovoltaic element is placed and is connected through
wires to a storage device connected to the usage point.
2) The Concentrating Solar Collector System as claimed in claim 1 which comprises of a
planar support structure made of a symmetric or non-symmetric, polygonal or circular
assembly of flat space trusses of steel or other structural material.
3) The Concentrating Solar Collector System as claimed in claims 1 and 2 in which the said
support structure is mounted on a two-axes-supporting single tower in such a manner that
it can rotate in two orthogonal directions.
4) The Concentrating Solar Collector System as claimed in claims 1 to 3 in which the said
planar support structure supports a collector area having reflector facets made of glass or
other material,5) The Concentrating Solar Collector System as claimed in claims 1 to 4 in which the said
reflector facets are either flat or curved-in with a small angle, and are fixed at different
angles or differentially inclined, together forming a set of paraboloids with common
focus.
6) The Concentrating Solar Collector System as claimed in claims 1 to 5 in which either a
hat-shaped heat exchanger element or a concentrated photovoltaic element is placed in
front of the reflector facets, which is called the receiver.
7) The Concentrating Solar Collector System as claimed in claims 1 to 6 in which the said
heat exchanger element or the concentrated photovoltaic element is placed such that it
can move in angular or linear motion, same as or proportional to the above-mentioned
assembly of reflector facets, or it can remain stationary.
8) The Concentrating Solar Collector System as claimed in claims 1 to 7 in which the said
heat exchanger element or the concentrated photovoltaic element is connected through
insulated pipes or through another energy conversion device to a storage device
9) The Concentrating Solar Collector System as claimed in claims 1 to 8 in which the said
storage device is connected to the usage point.
10)The Concentrating Solar Collector System as claimed in claims 1 to 10 herein is
illustrated in figure 1 of accompanying drawing
Signature CFE
JOSEPH VARIKASERY
OF VARIKASERY & VARIKASERY
Agent for the Applicant
Dated 6™ Day of March 2004,