A concentrating solar power device may include a primary mirror, a secondary mirror, and a thermal storage device. The primary mirror may reflect solar rays from the sun towards the secondary mirror. The secondary mirror may reflect the solar rays reflected from the primary mirror towards the therma
A concentrating solar power device may include a primary mirror, a secondary mirror, and a thermal storage device. The primary mirror may reflect solar rays from the sun towards the secondary mirror. The secondary mirror may reflect the solar rays reflected from the primary mirror towards the thermal storage device. The thermal storage device, which may comprise a thermal medium such as salt, may collect/absorb energy from the solar rays which may be used to run multiple Stirling engines, and/or an energy storing or energy expending device.
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1. A solar power device comprising: a lens;a thermal storage device comprising a housing with a single thermal storage medium in a solid state disposed within an interior cavity of the housing against the lens, the single thermal storage medium configured to collect and absorb energy from solar rays
1. A solar power device comprising: a lens;a thermal storage device comprising a housing with a single thermal storage medium in a solid state disposed within an interior cavity of the housing against the lens, the single thermal storage medium configured to collect and absorb energy from solar rays of a sun moving through the lens;a primary mirror;a secondary mirror, wherein the primary mirror is oriented to reflect the solar rays to the secondary mirror and the secondary mirror is oriented to reflect the solar rays through the lens to the single thermal storage medium which collects and absorbs the energy from the solar rays; anda plurality of separate Stirling engines, wherein the single thermal storage medium is disposed against and configured to power the plurality of separate Stirling engines. 2. The solar power device of claim 1 wherein the thermal storage device is attached to the primary mirror. 3. The solar power device of claim 1 wherein an opening is disposed in a center of the primary mirror, and the lens is aligned between the opening and the thermal storage device. 4. The solar power device of claim 3 wherein the lens comprises an iron glass composition. 5. The solar power device of claim 3 wherein the lens only allows the sun rays to travel through the lens into the thermal storage device and does not allow the sun rays to travel out of the thermal storage device through the lens. 6. The solar power device of claim 1 wherein the primary mirror is larger than the secondary mirror and the secondary mirror is aligned with and spaced apart from a center of the primary mirror. 7. The solar power device of claim 1 wherein the Stirling engines each comprise a thermal medium comprising Hydrogen or Helium. 8. The solar power device of claim 1 wherein the thermal storage device is connected to and powering an absorption refrigeration generator, a gas generator, a fuel-cell, an electrical device, or a mechanical device. 9. The solar power device of claim 1 wherein the solar power device does not utilize thermal transfer fluids, pumps, or valves. 10. The solar power device of claim 1 wherein the thermal storage device is disposed on an opposite side of the primary mirror as the secondary mirror. 11. The solar power device of claim 1 wherein the single thermal storage medium comprises salt (potassium and sodium nitrates), graphite, carbon, molten carbonate, or silicone sand. 12. A method of collecting energy from solar rays of a sun comprising: providing a solar power device comprising a lens, a primary mirror, a secondary mirror, a thermal storage device comprising a housing with a single thermal storage medium in a solid state disposed within an interior cavity of the housing against the lens, and a plurality of separate Stirling engines disposed against the single thermal storage medium;reflecting the solar rays of the sun off the primary mirror to the secondary mirror;reflecting the solar rays off the secondary mirror through the lens to the thermal storage device;collecting and absorbing energy from the solar rays with the single thermal storage medium; andpowering the plurality of separate Stirling engines with the energy of the solar rays collected by the single thermal storage medium. 13. The method of claim 12 wherein the thermal storage device is attached to the primary mirror. 14. The method of claim 12 wherein an opening is disposed in a center of the primary mirror, and the lens is aligned between the opening and the thermal storage device. 15. The method of claim 14 wherein the lens comprises an iron glass composition. 16. The method of claim 14 wherein the lens only allows the sun rays to travel through the lens into the thermal storage device and does not allow the sun rays to travel out of the thermal storage device through the lens. 17. The method of claim 12 wherein the primary mirror is larger than the secondary mirror and the secondary mirror is aligned with and spaced apart from a center of the primary mirror. 18. The method of claim 12 wherein the Stirling engines each comprise a thermal medium comprising Hydrogen or Helium. 19. The method of claim 12 further comprising powering an absorption refrigeration generator, a gas generator, a fuel-cell, an electrical device, or a mechanical device with the energy of the solar rays collected by the single thermal storage medium. 20. The method of claim 12 wherein the solar power device does not comprise thermal transfer fluids, pumps, or valves. 21. The method of claim 12 wherein the thermal storage device is disposed on an opposite side of the primary mirror as the secondary mirror. 22. The method of claim 12 wherein the single thermal storage medium comprises salt (potassium and sodium nitrates), graphite, carbon, molten carbonate, or silicone sand.
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