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What is patentable about this? I don't understand what is novel about it.
by jsmcgd 18y ago
What is patentable about this? I don't understand what is novel about it.
- Xichekolas 18y agoI was wondering the same thing. I wish the article would have focused on what was novel about this design compared to other solar-thermal dishes like Sterling Energy Systems, (http://www.stirlingenergy.com/ http://www.stirlingenergy.com/) which is putting up 850MW worth of dishes in the desert. Also I have to wonder if they could benefit by using a different working fluid than water. A lot of solar thermal projects use low melting point salts as the working fluid, since they hold heat for a long time. You can heat the salt all day, then hold vast amounts of superheated salt in holding tanks, and heat exchange it with water to drive steam turbines. This allows you to produce power well into the night.