System for converting solar energy into useful energy

• US 3,152,442 A
• Filed: 05/04/1962
• Issued: 10/13/1964
• Est. Priority Date: 05/04/1962
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Richard J. Rowekamp
• Original Assignee: Richard J. Rowekamp
• Inventors: Rowekamp, Richard J.
• Application Number:
  US04/192,390
• Time in Patent Office: 893 Days
• US Class Current: 60/641.8
• CPC Class Codes: F24S 23/00 Arrangements for concentrating solar-rays for solar heat collectors
• CPC Class Codes: F24S 23/31 having discontinuous faces, e.g. Fresnel lenses
• CPC Class Codes: F24S 90/00 Solar heat systems not otherwise provided for
• CPC Class Codes: Y02E 10/44 Heat exchange systems

Claims

5. A SYSTEM FOR CONVERTING SOLAR ENERGY INTO MECHANICAL ENERGY WHICH COMPRISES A MOTIVE FLUID STORAGE MEANS, A CONDUIT, MEANS FOR PUMPING MOTIVE FLUID FROM THE MOTIVE FLUID STORAGE MEANS TO THE CONDUIT, THE CONDUIT BEING EXPOSED TO AMBIENT AIR, A HEAT EXCHANGER RECEIVING THE MOTIVE FLUID FROM THE CONDUIT, MEANS FOR PASSING THE HEAT STORAGE FLUID IN HEAT EXCHANGE RELATION WITH THE MOTIVE FLUID IN THE HEAT EXCHANGER, A SOLAR HEATING LINE RECEIVING THE MOTIVE FLUID FROM THE HEAT EXCHANGER, MEANS FOR CONCENTRATING SOLAR ENERGY ON THE SOLAR HEATING LINE TO HEAT THE MOTIVE FLUID THEREIN, TURBINE MEANS RECEIVING THE MOTIVE FLUID FROM THE SOLAR HEATING LINE TO BE DRIVEN THEREBY, A FIRST STAGE CONDENSER AND A SECOND STAGE CONDENSER CONNECTED IN SERIES AND RECEIVING THE MOTIVE FLUID FROM THE TURBINE MEANS, MEANS FOR DIRECTING COOLING FLUID IN HEAT EXCHANGE RELATION WITH THE MOTIVE FLUID IN THE SECOND STAGE CONDENSER, AND MEANS FOR DIRECTING THE MOTIVE FLUID FROM THE SECOND STAGE CONDENSER TO THE MOTIVE FLUID STORAGE MEANS.