Phenolic laminate solar absorber panel and method of making

Patent · Tue Sep 18 04:00:00 EDT 1979

OSTI ID:5804945

Severson, A M

A solar flat plate absorber panel is molded from a laminate consisting of a suitable web material impregnated with a thermosetting phenolic resin. The absorber plate is pressure formed from superimposed layers of material and mold-cured to produce a unitary structure having a first or solar radiation absorbing surface on one side and an integral closed hollow lattice work of fluid heat transfer passages on the other or reverse side of the panel. The laminate web may be made from any suitable material such as paper, cloth, canvas, or wire mesh which is easily impregnated with a thermosetting phenolic resin. In the preferred embodiment a B-stage phenol-formaldehyde resin is used. The two superimposed sheets of impregnated material are molded between heated platens of an hydraulic press to form an integral structure and fluid pressure between the sheets is utilized to mold the desired passage shape 5.

• Assignee: Honeywell Inc.
• Patent Number(s): US 4167935
• OSTI ID: 5804945
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

14 SOLAR ENERGY
141000* -- Solar Collectors & Concentrators
ALDEHYDES
AROMATICS
DESIGN
FABRICATION
FLAT PLATE COLLECTORS
FORMALDEHYDE
HYDROXY COMPOUNDS
MATERIALS
MOLDING
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC POLYMERS
PETROCHEMICALS
PETROLEUM PRODUCTS
PHENOLS
POLYMERS
REINFORCED MATERIALS
REINFORCED PLASTICS
RESINS
SOLAR COLLECTORS
TEXTILES