HELIUM POWER PLANT Russian patent published in 2002 - IPC

FIELD: utilization of solar energy; solar power plants with solar radiation concentrators for parallel operation with heat sources in domestic and technological units, as well as for self-contained operation. SUBSTANCE: helium power plant includes spherical solar radiation concentrators, heat receivers, supports, monorails, rolling units and programmed drives; concentrators are cut over perimeter in form of squares and are positioned over heating area of ground surface; monorails are mounted on top of supports and are oriented in direction of lines of concentrators in several rows and their height is approximately equal to radius of spheres of concentrators; rolling units are located on top of monorails and include two degrees of motion of heat receivers which are located in rolling units over columns of concentrators; they contain spherical boilers and heat-insulated pipes connecting them; distances between boilers are equal to width of concentrators; they are combined by hot and cold water pipes at distances between heat receivers also equal to width of concentrators; entire rigid system of boilers and pipes is connected with programmed drives in way of columns and lines by means of working and return ropes. EFFECT: enhanced efficiency of utilization of solar heat. 3 dwg