Modular passive solar heating system

Patent · Tue Mar 19 00:00:00 EST 1985

OSTI ID:5451773

Hunter, B D

A modular passive solar energy storage system comprises a plurality of heat tubes which are arranged to form a flat plate solar collector and are releasably connected to a water reservoir by, and are part of, double-walled heat exchangers which penetrate to the water reservoir and enhance the heat transfer characteristics between the collector and the reservoir. The flat plate collector-heat exchanger disassembly, the collector housing, and the reservoir are integrated into a relatively light weight, unitary structural system in which the reservoir is a primary structural element. In addition to light weight, the system features high efficiency and ease of assembly and maintenance.

• Assignee: EDB-85-138596
• Patent Number(s): US 4505261
• OSTI ID: 5451773
• Resource Relation: Patent File Date: Filed date 19 Dec 1983; Other Information: PAT-APPL-562844
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

14 SOLAR ENERGY
32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION
PASSIVE SOLAR HEATING SYSTEMS
FLAT PLATE COLLECTORS
HEAT EXCHANGERS
MODULAR STRUCTURES
THERMAL EFFICIENCY
EFFICIENCY
ENERGY SYSTEMS
EQUIPMENT
HEATING SYSTEMS
SOLAR COLLECTORS
SOLAR EQUIPMENT
SOLAR HEATING SYSTEMS
140901* - Solar Thermal Utilization- Space Heating & Cooling
141000 - Solar Collectors & Concentrators
320100 - Energy Conservation
Consumption
& Utilization- Buildings