Methods and Systems for Concentrated Solar Power

Zhiwen Ma (Inventor)

Research output: Patent

Abstract

Embodiments described herein relate to a method of producing energy from concentrated solar flux. The method includes dropping granular solid particles through a solar flux receiver configured to transfer energy from concentrated solar flux incident on the solar flux receiver to the granular solid particles as heat. The method also includes fluidizing the granular solid particles from the solar flux receiver to produce a gas-solid fluid. The gas-solid fluid is passed through a heat exchanger to transfer heat from the solid particles in the gas-solid fluid to a working fluid. The granular solid particles are extracted from the gas-solid fluid such that the granular solid particles can be dropped through the solar flux receiver again.
Original languageAmerican English
Patent number9,347,690 B2
Filing date24/05/16
StatePublished - 2016

NREL Publication Number

  • NREL/PT-5500-66911

Keywords

  • concentrated solar flux
  • granular solid particles

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