Solar collector for heating a gaseous heat transport medium

Patent · Tue Mar 16 00:00:00 EST 1982

OSTI ID:5162994

Hermann, W; Horster, H

A solar collector for heating a gaseous heat transport medium comprises an open-top housing provided with a transparent cover layer formed of a plurality of adjacently arranged, substantially mutually contacting, sealed and evacuated transparent cover tubes. The inner surface of each cover tube is provided with a selective absorption layer over the half facing the interior of the housing. The surface of the housing bottom facing the cover tubes has a vaulted profile corresponding to the shape of the cover tubes. An inlet and an outlet are respectively provided in the opposite sidewalls of the housing for flow of the gaseous heat transport medium transversely of the cover tubes in direct thermal contact herewith.

• Assignee: U S Philips Corp
• Patent Number(s): US 4319559
• OSTI ID: 5162994
• Resource Relation: Patent Priority Date: Priority date 3 Apr 1979, Germany, Federal Republic of (F.R. Germany); Other Information: PAT-APPL-135827
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

14 SOLAR ENERGY
SOLAR COLLECTORS
GAS FLOW
HEAT TRANSFER FLUIDS
ABSORPTIVITY
COVERINGS
FLUID FLOW
FOILS
GASES
OPACITY
THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY
THERMAL INSULATION
TUBES
EQUIPMENT
FLUIDS
OPTICAL PROPERTIES
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
SOLAR EQUIPMENT
THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES
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