Solar heating system

Patent · Tue Sep 20 04:00:00 EDT 1983

OSTI ID:5448837

Mondragon, R

A solar heating system is disclosed comprising a heat collecting-storage chamber at the upper level of a building; a solar heat collecting apparatus disposed and extending laterally within the chamber; a hot air supply and return plenum including a generally vertically extending central air supply duct and a plurality of generally vertically extending return air passages surrounding the supply duct; heat storage and yielding members disposed in the chamber and surrounding the hot air supply and return plenum; and mechanism effecting circulation of air through the system by drawing hot air from the chamber through the supply duct and by returning relatively cooler air to the chamber through the return air passages; wherein the heat collecting-storage chamber includes windows and a floor enclosing the chamber; the windows being above the heat collecting apparatus to enable impingement of the sun's rays upon the heat collecting apparatus; the floor supporting the heat storage and yielding members within the chamber; and the hot air supply plenum, including the supply duct and return air passages, extends down through the floor of the chamber to lower levels of a building in which the solar heating system may be installed.

• Assignee: EDB-84-027851
• Patent Number(s): US 4404959
• OSTI ID: 5448837
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

14 SOLAR ENERGY
140901* -- Solar Thermal Utilization-- Space Heating & Cooling
AIR FLOW
DESIGN
ENERGY SYSTEMS
EQUIPMENT
FLUID FLOW
FLUIDS
GAS FLOW
HEAT TRANSFER FLUIDS
HEATING SYSTEMS
SOLAR COLLECTORS
SOLAR EQUIPMENT
SOLAR HEATING SYSTEMS
THERMAL ENERGY STORAGE EQUIPMENT