Patent ID: 8430093
Filing Date: 2013-04-30
Classification: F24S,Y02E

Abstract:
1. A solar power collector for transferring solar energy to a working fluid, said solar power collector comprising: a collecting reflector having a line of symmetry, said collecting reflector having a window centered on said line of symmetry; a collimating reflector defining a line of symmetry; wherein said lines of symmetry are coincident such that said collimating reflector is oriented to direct solar radiation toward said window; and an absorber mounted adjacent said window for absorbing solar radiation directed through said window from said collimating reflector, and for transferring energy of said solar radiation to a working fluid disposed in a cavity defined in said absorber, wherein said absorber is arranged in a block of insulating material having a first side, at least a portion of the first side abutting a rear surface of said collecting reflector.