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Solar energy collector

Patent ·
OSTI ID:5747173
A solar energy collecting and storing unit comprises a single housing having a glass-covered collector chamber on one face of a gravel-filled heat storage chamber, the chambers being separated by an insulated partition. The collector comprises an array of lshaped metal fins over which air is caused to flow in a predetermined path by baffles. A first air flow circuit between the storage chamber and the collector chamber picks up heat absorbed by the fins and transfers it to gravel in the heat storage chamber. A second air flow circuit transfers heat from the storage chamber to the building to be heated.
Assignee:
International Solar Tech Inc
Patent Number(s):
US 4186722
OSTI ID:
5747173
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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Related Subjects

14 SOLAR ENERGY
141000* -- Solar Collectors & Concentrators
142000 -- Solar Energy-- Heat Storage-- (1980-)
ABSORPTION HEAT
AIR FLOW
BAFFLES
CONTROL EQUIPMENT
DESIGN
ENERGY
ENERGY STORAGE
ENERGY TRANSFER
ENTHALPY
EQUIPMENT
FINS
FLOW REGULATORS
FLUID FLOW
GAS FLOW
HEAT
HEAT STORAGE
HEAT TRANSFER
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
ROCK BEDS
SENSIBLE HEAT STORAGE
SOLAR COLLECTORS
SOLAR EQUIPMENT
STORAGE
THERMAL ENERGY STORAGE EQUIPMENT
THERMAL INSULATION
THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES