Patent ID: 7987844

Claim:
A solar power generation system comprising: a fluid housing, wherein the fluid housing comprises at least one hot storage tank, at least one cold storage tank, and a heat transfer medium pipe fluidically connecting the hot storage tank to the cold storage tank; a heat transfer medium within the fluid housing; a solar collector for concentrating solar energy onto the heat transfer medium; and a heating system for heating the fluid housing, the heating system comprising: at least one gas tank containing a gas; a first catalyst fluidically connected to the at least one gas tank, wherein the first catalyst is configured to catalyze gas from the gas tank to create hot gas, wherein the first catalyst is positioned relatively near the cold storage tank for providing hot gas to the cold storage tank; a first hot gas pipe fluidically connected to the first catalyst and positioned with respect to the fluid housing such that hot gas flowing through the first hot gas pipe comes into thermal contact with the heat transfer medium within the fluid housing; a second catalyst fluidically connected to the at least one gas tank and positioned relatively near a first portion of the heat transfer medium pipe for providing hot gas to the first portion of the heat transfer medium pipe; a third catalyst fluidically connected to the at least one gas tank and positioned relatively near a second portion of the heat transfer medium pipe for providing hot gas to the second portion of the heat transfer medium pipe; and a fourth catalyst fluidically connected to the at least one gas tank and positioned relatively near the hot storage tank for providing hot gas to the hot storage tank.