Patent ID: 9557077
Date: 2017-01-31
CPC Classifications: F24S,Y02E,Y10T

Claim:
1. A thermally driven energy generation system, comprising: a heat engine; a plurality of mechanisms to supply heat to operate the heat engine, each using a different heat source, wherein one mechanism comprises a solar collector to heat the heat transfer fluid using received solar flux, the solar collector comprising: a solar collector body defining a housing with at least one window to permit solar radiation to enter the solar collector body; a heat transfer component positioned within the solar collector body and comprising: at least one ingress conduit disposed between the heat transfer core and the heat transfer component housing; an inlet to introduce a heat transfer fluid into the at least one ingress conduit; at least one egress conduit in flow communication with the heat transfer core; and an outlet to allow the heat transfer fluid in the egress conduit to exit the egress conduit.