MOLTEN SALT SOLAR PANEL AND METHOD FOR REDUCING THE THERMAL GRADIENT OF SAID PANEL

• Main Authors: ROMERO DELGADO MARIA DEL CARMEN, LLORENTE FOLCH PAULA, NAVIO GILABERTE RAUL
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 27.03.2013
• Subjects: BLASTING; HEATING; LIGHTING; MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; MECHANICAL-POWER PRODUCING DEVICES OR MECHANISMS, NOTOTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR OR USING ENERGY SOURCES NOT OTHERWISEPROVIDED FOR; OR A REACTIVE PROPULSIVE THRUST, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; PRODUCING MECHANICAL POWER; RANGES; SOLAR HEAT COLLECTORS; SOLAR HEAT SYSTEMS; SPRING, WEIGHT, INERTIA OR LIKE MOTORS; VENTILATING; WEAPONS; WIND, SPRING WEIGHT AND MISCELLANEOUS MOTORS

Molten salt solar receiver and procedure to reduce the temperature gradient in said receiver. The receiver consists of at least one panel of semi cylindrical geometry, formed by a combination of vertical pipes. The receiver (10) is supplied with a heat transfer fluid made up of molten salts which originate from a recirculation system which is composed of a mixture deposit (6), a hot salt storage tank (9) and a cold salt storage tank (8); the mixture tank (6) which is supplied by a part of the hot heat transfer fluid (4) which exits the receiver (10) and the cold heat transfer fluid (5) which exits the cold salt storage tank (8); the hot salt storage tank is connected to the exit of the receiver (10) so that a part of the heat transfer fluid which does not recirculate is stored (3).