Solar siding for buildings

Patent · Tue May 04 00:00:00 EDT 1982

OSTI ID:5202777

Taylor, D A

Solar siding elements of very thin, high heat conductive sheet material are installed on the outer face of an exterior side wall of a building so as to form thereon a solar cover providing a plurality of passages between its inner face and the outer surface of the building wall. Air is caused to flow, by forced draft or convection, through the passages in intimate heat exchange contact with the interior surface of the solar cover, and thereby become heated. The air is constrained to enter the passages through an inlet manifold and to be discharged from the passages through an outlet manifold. For heating the building, the heated air from the outlet manifold may be discharged into the building, or into a heat sink for storing the solar generated heat, and increasing the air temperature before discharging the air into the building. In the latter case, the air may be passed once through the sink and into the building or recycled repeatedly back into the inlet manifold and through the passages and sink for accumulating more heat in the air and storage sink before discharging the air into the building. To reduce the temperature of the side wall of the building in hot weather, the heat normally absorbed by the air stream passing through the passages is discharged by discharging the heated air from the outlet manifold directly into the atmosphere, whereby the solar load on the wall is reduced, resulting in a reduction of air conditioning energy requirements.

• Assignee: EDB-82-140040
• Patent Number(s): US 4327708
• OSTI ID: 5202777
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

14 SOLAR ENERGY
140901* -- Solar Thermal Utilization-- Space Heating & Cooling
AIR FLOW
AIR HEATERS
BUILDINGS
COVERINGS
DESIGN
ENERGY SYSTEMS
EQUIPMENT
FLUID FLOW
GAS FLOW
HEAT SINKS
HEATERS
HEATING SYSTEMS
MECHANICAL STRUCTURES
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
SINKS
SOLAR AIR HEATERS
SOLAR COLLECTORS
SOLAR EQUIPMENT
SOLAR HEATING SYSTEMS
THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY
THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES
WALLS