Solar energy collection for use in chemical reactor - is partic. useful in continuous, gas phase process

摘要

Solar energy installation for chemical conversions, comprises a receiver arrangement for solar radiation and a chemical reactor supplied with solar radiant energy from the receiver arrangement, in which chemical reactions are effected by the radiation, and the receiver arrangement (10) possesses several solar beams into a light conductor (30) coupled concentrator (20), and that the light conductor (30) supplies solar radiant energy to the chemical reactor (36). An energy concn. unit pref. comprises several cells (20) each with a light inlet (22), a first parabolic reflector (24), and a subsequent second parabolic surface (26) concentrating the inlet radiation at a point (28) which coincides with the end of a light conductor element (30). Pref. the concentrator cells have hexagonal section to permit close packing. Individual conductors from each concn. cell are bundled (34) as the output from each unit (16). USE/ADVANTAGE - Improved supply of radiant energy and means of coupling a multiple element solar energy collector with reactors of simple and variable configuration.