Self-contained solar greenhouse

Patent · Tue Nov 06 04:00:00 EST 1979

OSTI ID:5491333

Whitcomb, C E

A solar heated greenhouse is described which is formed with a rectangular floor having parallel sides and ends, and a quonset type roof structure supported above the floor. The roof extends to the floor sides and is formed of an inner and an outer spaced-apart light penetrating member. The space between the two members provides a heat collecting chamber. There are water-filled strata beneath the floor, the heat collecting chamber between the roof members communicating with the strata along each side of the floor. Means for spraying water in the heat collecting chamber between the light penetrating member so that the water is heated by solar energy and runs down the chamber and into the strata beneath the floor, and means for recycling water from the strata into the heat collecting chamber whereby water in the strata is heated during sunlit hours and the heat of the water in the strata penetrates the floor and maintains a warm temperature within the greenhouse at night and during sunless days, are described. 9 claims.

• Assignee: Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical Colleges
• Patent Number(s): US 4173212
• OSTI ID: 5491333
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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14 SOLAR ENERGY
140901* -- Solar Thermal Utilization-- Space Heating & Cooling
141000 -- Solar Collectors & Concentrators
BUILDINGS
CONFIGURATION
CYLINDRICAL CONFIGURATION
DESIGN
ENERGY STORAGE
EQUIPMENT
FLAT PLATE COLLECTORS
FLUIDS
GREENHOUSES
HEAT STORAGE
HEAT TRANSFER FLUIDS
HEATING
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
SENSIBLE HEAT STORAGE
SOLAR COLLECTORS
SOLAR EQUIPMENT
SOLAR HEATING
SOLAR SPACE HEATING
SPACE HEATING
STORAGE
TRICKLE-TYPE COLLECTORS
WATER