Process for manufacturing solar collector panels
Lightweight, economicla and highly effective solar energy collector panels are formed with a sheet of transparent plastic exposed to solar radiation and spaced by a rigid lightweight spacer frame above a sheet of metallic foil, which embraces in heat conducting relationship a spaced array of metal water-carrying tubes all supported by an underlying plastic foam slab, with the overall assembly being encircled by a channel section peripheral frame. By completing the panel assembly with foam material which substantially entirely encapsulates the panel components internally in an inexpensive, lightweight, and completely effective framed unit, a unique panel construction is achieved by a unque manufacturing process.
- Assignee:
- American Solar Heat Corp.
- Patent Number(s):
- US 4172311
- OSTI ID:
- 5385107
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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