Mark Richard Convery

US Patent:

20100252024, Oct 7, 2010

Filed:

Mar 18, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/727124

Inventors:

Mark R. Convery - San Mateo CA, US

International Classification:

F24J 2/38

US Classification:

126578

Abstract:

Disclosed is a solar power tower heliostat alignment system and method that includes a solar power tower with a focal area, a plurality of heliostats that each reflect sunlight towards the focal area of the solar power tower, an off-focal area location substantially close to the focal area of the solar power tower, a communication link between the off-focal area location and a misaligned heliostat, and a processor that interprets the communication between the off-focal area location and the misaligned heliostat to identify the misaligned heliostat from the plurality of heliostats and that determines a correction for the identified misaligned heliostat to realign the misaligned heliostat to reflect sunlight towards the focal area of the solar power tower.