Patent ID: 8333480
Filing Date: 2012-12-18
Classification: F24S,Y02E

Abstract:
1. A hollow solar concentrating collector with one focus, the collector comprising: a) a nontracking frame; b) a plurality of linear prisms, each said prism having a wide acceptance angle, each prism having four sides in transverse cross section, said sides including a top surface and three bottom surfaces; c) a plurality of linear metal reflectors, each said reflector being coextensive with each said prism, each reflector having a long top edge and a long bottom edge, said reflector top edge disposed adjacent the prism edge shared by the top surface and first bottom surface, the reflector bottom edge extending diagonally to the prism edge shared by the second bottom surface and the third bottom surface; d) a compound reflector bottom; e) a linear absorber disposed in the collector focus, said absorber being substantially rectangular in transverse cross section, the absorber cross section having a long axis and a short axis.