US 12,366,384 B2
Supplemental solar concentrator for the heating of particles
Andrew Timon Brewer, Wheat Ridge, CO (US); Ryan Garvey, Lafayette, CO (US); Alan Thomas Carter, Arvada, CO (US); Austin Kenneth Miller, Niwot, CO (US); and Troy Southard, Edgewater, CO (US)
Assigned to Blueshift, LLC, Broomfield, CO (US)
Filed by Blueshift, LLC, Broomfield, CO (US)
Filed on Nov. 8, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/983,266.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/280,185, filed on Nov. 17, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0152008 A1, May 18, 2023
Int. Cl. F24S 50/80 (2018.01); F24S 23/71 (2018.01); F24S 40/55 (2018.01)
CPC F24S 50/80 (2018.05) [F24S 23/71 (2018.05); F24S 40/55 (2018.05)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A particle receiver system comprising:
a supplemental concentrator configured to receive a primary concentrator light pattern from a primary concentrator and output a supplemental concentrator output light pattern, the supplemental concentrator comprising reflective optics, the supplemental concentrator output light pattern having a second light profile and the primary concentrator having a first light profile;
a sweeping fluid device configured to circulate a sweeping fluid within the supplemental concentrator;
a cooler comprising cooling fluid configured to enable temperature control of the supplemental concentrator;
an actuator configured to position the supplemental concentrator relative to an irradiating location;
a working material feed configured to deliver a working material to the irradiating location; and
a controller configured to control each of: i) the actuator, ii) the temperature of the supplemental concentrator, and iii) the temperature of the irradiating location;
wherein:
the supplemental concentrator output light pattern irradiates the working material at the irradiating location to yield a reacted material.