Technology

We are developing  patent pending technology  to generate electricity or provide air conditioning from solar energy. Our technology includes a proprietary concentrator, which is essentially a steam engine connected to a compressor through a liquid piston. The concentrator uses the energy stored in hot water (about 200 F) to drive the steam engine. The compressor provides super heated steam to run a steam turbine which will be connected to a generator.

Because the system is designed to use low temperature heat, we will be able to utilize low temperature, low cost flat panel solar collectors manufactured from extruded plastic. Our technology will also provide low cost, low temperature thermal storage simply by storing hot water. The low cost thermal storage will allow our systems to be dispatchable, providing electricity on demand during peak or super peak periods, as long as there is hot water in the thermal storage reservoir.

Once the stored heat is removed from the thermal storage by the concentrator, the water is re-circulated through the solar collectors to reheat the water.