A RECIPROCATING SOLAR HEATED ENGINE UTILIZING DIRECT ABSORPTION BY SMALL PARTICLES
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A new type of reciprocating solar engine utilizing small particles to absorb concentrated sunlight directly within the cylinders is described. The engine operates by drawing an air particle mixture into the cylinder, compressing the mixture, opening an optical valve to allow concentrated sunlight to enter through a window in the top of the cylinder head, absorbing the solar flux with the particles, and converting the heat trapped by the air-particle mixture into mechanical energy with the downw…
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Date:
May 1, 1981
Creator:
Hull, Patricia G. & Hunt, Arlon J.
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