Patents Assigned to The Regents of the University of California on behalf of its Berkley Campus
  • Hybrid solar system
    Patent number: 10777724
    Abstract: A hybrid solar system including a hybrid solar collector using non-imaging optics and photovoltaic components and a heat transfer and storage system in thermal communication with the hybrid solar collector, the heat transfer and storage system using particle laden gas as thermal media to simultaneously generate and store electricity and high temperature dispatchable heat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignees: Gas Technology Institute, The Regents of the University of California on behalf of its Merced Campus, The Regents of the University of California on behalf of its Berkley Campus
    Inventors: David Cygan, Hamid Abbasi, Aleksandr Kozlov, Roland Winston, Eli Yablonovitch