Solar Heat Collector
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1. A solar heat collector arranged for collecting solar rays from the sun, the solar heat collector comprising:
- a housing comprising housing walls surrounding an insulated chamber spanning in a longitudinal direction between a receiving end and a target end of the housing;
a focusing lens spanning substantially perpendicularly to the longitudinal direction at the receiving end of the housing and arranged to focus solar rays inwardly towards a focal point adjacent the target end of the housing;
a target glass spanning substantially perpendicularly to the longitudinal direction at the target end of the housing adjacent the focal point of the focusing lens, the target glass being arranged to receive focused solar rays from the focusing lens therethrough;
the target glass forming a boundary wall between the insulated chamber and a target chamber which is arranged to receive a heat transfer fluid therein; and
a target object supported in the target chamber substantially at the focal point of the focusing lens so as to be arranged to be surrounded by the heat transfer fluid.
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A solar heat collector includes a housing defining an insulated chamber extending from a focusing lens at a solar receiving end to a target glass at a target end forming a boundary wall between the insulated chamber and a target chamber receiving a heat transfer fluid therein. A target object is supported in the target chamber at the focal point of the focusing lens so as to be surrounded by the heat transfer fluid. In a preferred embodiment a heat engine is supported on the target end of the housing such that the target object and heat transfer fluid are the heat source of the heat engine.
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1. A solar heat collector arranged for collecting solar rays from the sun, the solar heat collector comprising:
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a housing comprising housing walls surrounding an insulated chamber spanning in a longitudinal direction between a receiving end and a target end of the housing; a focusing lens spanning substantially perpendicularly to the longitudinal direction at the receiving end of the housing and arranged to focus solar rays inwardly towards a focal point adjacent the target end of the housing; a target glass spanning substantially perpendicularly to the longitudinal direction at the target end of the housing adjacent the focal point of the focusing lens, the target glass being arranged to receive focused solar rays from the focusing lens therethrough; the target glass forming a boundary wall between the insulated chamber and a target chamber which is arranged to receive a heat transfer fluid therein; and a target object supported in the target chamber substantially at the focal point of the focusing lens so as to be arranged to be surrounded by the heat transfer fluid. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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