Passive integral solar heat collector system
Patent
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OSTI ID:5281543
The present invention relates to an improved apparatus for collecting, absorbing, transferring, and storing solar heat energy, economically and passively, without pumps or electric power. The apparatus comprises a solar collector with a flat finned heat pipe absorber and an attached integral insulated storage tank with a double wall heat exchanger. The absorber, made of one or more slightly tilted gravity assisted heat pipes with flat absorber fins, absorbs and transfers solar heat by evaporation, vapor transport, and condensation to the slightly elevated heat storage tank. The one or more heat pipes turn on when the sun is shining and turn off automatically when the sun is not shining.
- Assignee:
- EDB-85-154905
- Patent Number(s):
- US 4513732
- OSTI ID:
- 5281543
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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14 SOLAR ENERGY
140901* -- Solar Thermal Utilization-- Space Heating & Cooling
DESIGN
ENERGY SYSTEMS
ENERGY TRANSFER
EQUIPMENT
FLAT PLATE COLLECTORS
HEAT EXCHANGERS
HEAT PIPES
HEAT TRANSFER
HEATING SYSTEMS
PASSIVE SOLAR HEATING SYSTEMS
SOLAR ABSORBERS
SOLAR COLLECTORS
SOLAR EQUIPMENT
SOLAR HEATING SYSTEMS
THERMAL ENERGY STORAGE EQUIPMENT
140901* -- Solar Thermal Utilization-- Space Heating & Cooling
DESIGN
ENERGY SYSTEMS
ENERGY TRANSFER
EQUIPMENT
FLAT PLATE COLLECTORS
HEAT EXCHANGERS
HEAT PIPES
HEAT TRANSFER
HEATING SYSTEMS
PASSIVE SOLAR HEATING SYSTEMS
SOLAR ABSORBERS
SOLAR COLLECTORS
SOLAR EQUIPMENT
SOLAR HEATING SYSTEMS
THERMAL ENERGY STORAGE EQUIPMENT