Claims
- 1. A method of improving performance of a reflector surface, comprising the steps of:providing a trough-shaped solar reflector shape extending along a longitudinal axis; and imposing a variable broken symmetry structure upon the solar reflector shape, the broken symmetry structure defining a non-elliptical phase space acceptance range for the reflector shape and thereby causing a substantially band-like shape in phase space for the acceptance zone for the reflector shape over a solar year.
Parent Case Info
The present application claims priority to provisional U.S. patent application Ser. No. 60/309,439 filed Aug. 1, 2001. The present application is also a continuation-in-part of U.S. application Ser. No. 09/875,820, filed Jun. 6, 2001 now U.S. Pat. No. 6,467,916, which is a continuation of U.S. application Ser. No. 09/559,623, filed Apr. 27, 2000 now abondoned, which is a continuation of U.S. application Ser. No. 09/122,136 now abondoned, filed Jul. 24, 1998, which claims priority to U.S. Provisional Application Serial No. 60/053,764, filed Jul. 25, 1997.
Government Interests
This work was made with support from the US Department of Energy under Grant No. DE-FG0287ER13726.
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