11 patents
Utility
Stand for Supporting a Heliostat
2 Nov 23
A lightweight and rigid stand for supporting a heliostat includes multiple legs that extend between a lower end and upper end.
Steven Edward Schell, Kyam Krieger, Caroline Lee Paules
Filed: 4 Apr 23
Utility
Gas receiver for capturing solar energy
22 Aug 23
A gas receiver configured to heat a working fluid is disclosed.
Steven Schell
Filed: 8 Sep 20
Utility
Heliostat Field Layout System and Method
27 Jul 23
A heliostat field layout for a concentrated solar power (CSP) plant includes a plurality of heliostats arranged adjacent each other (e.g., side-by-side) in a first arc spaced from a tower comprising a solar receiver.
Steven Edward Schell
Filed: 20 Jan 23
Utility
Multi-stage serial turbo-generator system for supercritical CO2 power cycles
27 Jun 23
A supercritical CO2 turbo-generator system includes multiple turbine generator units, a direct current bus, a plurality of active rectifiers, and a voltage controller.
Chiranjeev Singh Kalra, Matthew David Carlson
Filed: 2 Sep 21
Utility
Tubular Receiver for Heating Particles with Solar Energy
23 Feb 23
A particle receiver includes an inlet, an outlet and multiple tubes rotatably coupled to the inlet and the outlet.
Andrew Stephen Oles, Apurba Kumar Das, Chiranjeev Singh Kalra, Gary Thomas Pashko
Filed: 16 Aug 22
Utility
System and method for predicting reliability and maintenance of a solar tracker based on varying control torque
21 Feb 23
A system and method for reducing power consumption and increasing reliability in a solar tracking system is disclosed.
Jason Blair
Filed: 14 May 20
Utility
Heliostat tracking based on circumsolar radiance maps
17 Jan 23
A system and method for tracking the sun with a heliostat mirror is disclosed.
Alexander Sonn
Filed: 25 May 21
Utility
Air Receiver for Solar Power Plant
18 Aug 22
An air receiver for use in a solar power plant receives sunlight from a plurality of heliostats focused on the air receiver via an aperture of the receiver to heat air in the cavity of the receiver.
Steven Edward Schell, Andrew Stephen Oles, Paul Gauche
Filed: 7 Feb 22
Utility
Heliostat with tripod stand and top-mounted optical member
3 May 22
A heliostat includes an optical member (e.g., a mirror), a mounting frame under the optical member, a support stand and a hinge assembly.
William Gross, Andrea Pedretti
Filed: 8 Dec 20
Utility
Multi-stage Serial Turbo-generator System for Supercritical CO2 Power Cycles
10 Mar 22
A supercritical CO2 turbo-generator system is disclosed.
Chiranjeev Singh Kalra, Matthew David Carlson
Filed: 2 Sep 21
Utility
Heliostat localization in camera field-of-view with induced motion
1 Mar 22
A system and method for localization and calibration of a heliostat is disclosed.
Alexander Sonn, William Gross
Filed: 28 Jun 19
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