Patents by Inventor Rafael Enrique Cabanillas López

Rafael Enrique Cabanillas López 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).

  • Linear Fresnel-based desalination
    Patent number: 11179653
    Abstract: A desalination system includes a distillation unit to which a fluid to be desalinated is provided and through which a heat transfer fluid flows, and a solar concentration unit configured to heat the heat transfer fluid. The solar concentration unit includes an array of linear Fresnel reflectors, each linear Fresnel reflector of the array of linear Fresnel reflectors rotating about a respective axis, a receiver configured for absorption of light redirected by the array of linear Fresnel reflectors, the receiver comprising tubing through which the heat transfer fluid flows, and a frame supporting and positioning the receiver relative to the array of linear Fresnel reflectors. The frame defines a track along which the receiver is movable to adjust a relative position of the receiver along the respective axis of each linear Fresnel reflector of the array of linear Fresnel reflectors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of Michigan
    Inventors: Pablo Taddei Arriola, Jose Alfaro, Rafael Enrique Cabanillas López, Iuliana Mogosanu
  • LINEAR FRESNEL-BASED DESALINATION
    Publication number: 20200188808
    Abstract: A desalination system includes a distillation unit to which a fluid to be desalinated is provided and through which a heat transfer fluid flows, and a solar concentration unit configured to heat the heat transfer fluid. The solar concentration unit includes an array of linear Fresnel reflectors, each linear Fresnel reflector of the array of linear Fresnel reflectors rotating about a respective axis, a receiver configured for absorption of light redirected by the array of linear Fresnel reflectors, the receiver comprising tubing through which the heat transfer fluid flows, and a frame supporting and positioning the receiver relative to the array of linear Fresnel reflectors. The frame defines a track along which the receiver is movable to adjust a relative position of the receiver along the respective axis of each linear Fresnel reflector of the array of linear Fresnel reflectors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2019
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Inventors: Pablo Taddei Arriola, Jose Alfaro, Rafael Enrique Cabanillas López, Iuliana Mogosanu