Patent ID: 9705449
Date: 2017-07-11
CPC Classifications: F01K,F24D,F24S,F28D,H01L,H02S,Y02E

Claim:
1. A solar energy collection and storage system, comprising: a first energy converter with a first side and a second side; a solar radiation concentrator so as to concentrate solar radiation on the first side of the first energy converter; a first heat exchanger attached to the second side of the first energy converter, wherein a first fluid moves through the first heat exchanger and then through a thermal storage medium; a second energy converter with a first side and a second side; a second heat exchanger attached to the first side of the second energy converter, wherein a second fluid moves through the thermal storage medium and then through the second heat exchanger, the thermal storage medium configured to allow the first fluid to move through the thermal storage medium without coming into contact with the second fluid; a fluid storage vessel configured to allow the second fluid to move through without coming into contact with a third fluid; and a third heat exchanger attached to the second side of the second energy converter, wherein the third fluid moves through the third heat exchanger and then into the fluid storage vessel.