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A power generating system for supplying electrical power to an external electrical power demand load including a vertically oriented centerbody adapted to adsorb radiant solar energy; an annular enclosure around the centerbody defining a vertically extending air passage between the centerbody and th

A power generating system for supplying electrical power to an external electrical power demand load including a vertically oriented centerbody adapted to adsorb radiant solar energy; an annular enclosure around the centerbody defining a vertically extending air passage between the centerbody and the enclosure capable of transmitting radiant solar energy therethrough toward the centerbody; mirror means for directing solar radiant energy through the enclosure onto the centerbody to heat it so that the air in the air passage is heated to induce an airflow through the passage; a rotor rotatably mounted at the lower end of the air passage with a plurality of vanes operatively associated with the air passing into the lower end of the air passage to cause the rotor to rotate; electrical power generating means operatively connected to the rotor so that rotation of the rotor causes the generating means to generate electrical power for the external electrical power demand load; and fuel synthesis means selectively connected to the output of the power generating means to generate and store hydrogen when the output of the power generating means exceeds the external power demand load and to supply hydrogen from storage for burning in the air passage to heat the air therein when the output from the power generating means is less than the external power demand load.

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A power generating system for supplying electrical power to an external electrical power demand load comprising: an elongate vertically oriented centerbody adapted to absorb radiant solar energy therein to be heated; an annular enclosure around said centerbody defining a vertically extending air pas

A power generating system for supplying electrical power to an external electrical power demand load comprising: an elongate vertically oriented centerbody adapted to absorb radiant solar energy therein to be heated; an annular enclosure around said centerbody defining a vertically extending air passage within said enclosure around said centerbody open to the atmosphere at its upper end, said annular enclosure including transmission sections therein around said centerbody capable of transmitting radiant solar energy therethrough toward said centerbody; mirror means for directing solar radiant energy through said transmission sections in said enclosure across said air passage and onto said centerbody to heat said centerbody so that the air in said air passage is heated by said centerbody to rise out of the upper end of said passage; air inlet means defining an inlet passage therein in communication with the lower end of said air passage for directing atmospheric air into the lower end of said air passage so that the pressure differential generated within said air passage as the air is heated by said centerbody induces an air flow through said inlet passage and along said air passage from the lower end to the upper end thereof; rotor means rotatably mounted in said inlet means and including a plurality of vanes operatively associated with the air passing through said air inlet means so that the air flowing through said air inlet means causes said rotor means to rotate; and electrical power generating means operatively connected to said rotor means so that rotation of said rotor means causes said generating means to generate electrical power for the external electrical power demand load.