CONCENTRATING SOLAR POWER WITH GLASSHOUSES

摘要

A protective transparent enclosure, such as a greenhouse, encloses a concentrated solar power system having line-focus solar energy concentrators. The line-focus solar energy concentrators have a reflective front layer, a core layer, and a rear layer. The core and the rear layers, when bonded with the reflective front layer, enable the line-focus solar energy concentrator, in some embodiments, to retain a particular form without additional strengthening elements. In some embodiments, the core layer and/or the rear layer are formed by removing material from a single piece of material.

主权项

1. A system comprising:
a front layer having outer and inner surfaces, the front layer being reflective to incident solar radiation; a core layer; a rear layer having outer and inner surfaces; wherein at least a portion of the core layer is situated between the inner surfaces of the front and the rear layers; wherein the front, the rear, and the core layers are laminated to collectively operate as a line-focus solar energy concentrator of the incident solar radiation.