Solar ice melter for roof eaves
Patent
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OSTI ID:5257688
A solar ice melter is described for roof eaves comprising, an endless or closed loop elongated tube of heat conductive material providing top and bottom tube loop ends connecting two intermediate elongated tube sections, a fluid heat transfer medium filling the endless tube, solar collector means secured to the bottom tube loop end for solar heat transfer to the fluid, insulation covering one of the elongated tube sections, and means to secure the endless tube to the upper side of a roof eave with the solar collector means depending over the bottom edge of the roof eave for exposure to solar radiation.
- Assignee:
- NOV; EDB-86-164008; NOV-85-020995
- Patent Number(s):
- US 4606402
- OSTI ID:
- 5257688
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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Related Subjects
14 SOLAR ENERGY
141000* -- Solar Collectors & Concentrators
ELONGATION
ENERGY TRANSFER
EQUIPMENT
FASTENERS
FLUIDS
HEAT TRANSFER
HEAT TRANSFER FLUIDS
HEATING
ICE
MELTING
PHASE TRANSFORMATIONS
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
PIPES
ROOFS
SOLAR COLLECTORS
SOLAR EQUIPMENT
SOLAR HEATING
THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY
THERMAL INSULATION
THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES
141000* -- Solar Collectors & Concentrators
ELONGATION
ENERGY TRANSFER
EQUIPMENT
FASTENERS
FLUIDS
HEAT TRANSFER
HEAT TRANSFER FLUIDS
HEATING
ICE
MELTING
PHASE TRANSFORMATIONS
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
PIPES
ROOFS
SOLAR COLLECTORS
SOLAR EQUIPMENT
SOLAR HEATING
THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY
THERMAL INSULATION
THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES