Patents by Inventor Bryan Van Saders

Bryan Van Saders has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Solar energy absorbing coatings and methods of fabrication
    Patent number: 10184051
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices are disclosed for fabricating and implementing optically absorbing coatings. In one aspect, an optically selective coating includes a substrate formed of a solar energy absorbing material, and a nanostructure material formed over the substrate as a coating capable of absorbing solar energy in a selected spectrum and reflecting the solar energy in another selected spectrum. A concentrating solar power (CSP) system includes heat transfer fluids (HTFs); thermal energy storage system (TES); and solar receivers in communication with HTFs and including a light absorbing coating layer based on cobalt oxide nanoparticles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2019
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Sungho Jin, Renkun Chen, Zhaowei Liu, Jaeyun Moon, Tae Kyoung Kim, Bryan Van Saders
  • SOLAR ENERGY ABSORBING COATINGS AND METHODS OF FABRICATION
    Publication number: 20170073530
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices are disclosed for fabricating and implementing optically absorbing coatings. In one aspect, an optically selective coating includes a substrate formed of a solar energy absorbing material, and a nanostructure material formed over the substrate as a coating capable of absorbing solar energy in a selected spectrum and reflecting the solar energy in another selected spectrum. A concentrating solar power (CSP) system includes heat transfer fluids (HTFs); thermal energy storage system (TES); and solar receivers in communication with HTFs and including a light absorbing coating layer based on cobalt oxide nanoparticles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2015
    Publication date: March 16, 2017
    Inventors: Sungho Jin, Renkun Chen, Zhaowei Liu, Jaeyun Moon, Tae Kyoung Kim, Bryan Van Saders