US 12,071,938 B2
Solar-powered, temperature cascading system for electricity generation
Qian Chen, Thuwal (SA); Muhammad Wakil Shahzad, Rahim Yar Khan (PK); Muhammad Burhan, Lahore (PK); Doskhan Ybyraiymkul, Almaty (KZ); Faheem Hassan Akhtar, Thuwal (SA); M. Kumja, Thuwal (SA); and Kim Choon Ng, Singapore (SG)
Assigned to KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, Thuwal (SA)
Appl. No. 18/021,500
Filed by KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, Thuwal (SA)
PCT Filed Aug. 16, 2021, PCT No. PCT/IB2021/057524
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Feb. 15, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/038487, PCT Pub. Date Feb. 24, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/067,621, filed on Aug. 19, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0296087 A1, Sep. 21, 2023
Int. Cl. F03G 6/06 (2006.01); F03G 6/00 (2006.01); F24S 23/70 (2018.01); F24S 60/00 (2018.01)
CPC F03G 6/065 (2013.01) [F03G 6/098 (2021.08); F24S 23/70 (2018.05); F24S 60/00 (2018.05); F05B 2220/301 (2013.01); F05B 2260/20 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A concentrating solar power plant comprising:
a solar light capturing part configured to capture solar light; and
a heat exchange part configured to transform solar energy, from the captured solar light, into heat, which is stored in a solid medium, wherein the solid medium is stored underground,
wherein the solar light capturing part has a heliostat farm, a beam down solar concentrator, and a compound concentrator, each configured to reflect the solar light so that reflected light from the compound concentrator is directed to the solid medium to directly interact with the solid medium.