Solar-energy collector

Patent · Tue Aug 11 04:00:00 EDT 1981

OSTI ID:5855732

Spakowski, H; Stehl, O

A solar-energy collector has a frame receiving a double-pane unit consisting of a pair of transparent panes hermetically sealed together and defining the flow chamber for the heatcollecting fluid. The frame also supports a cover pane which defines, with the aforementioned unit, a heat-insulating dead-air space. The pane of the unit turned toward the sun is provided with an emission-limiting coating on its side facing the dead-air space while the pane of the unit turned away from the sun is provided with means for increasing its heat-absorption capacity. The frame members at opposite sides of the collector can be provided with fittings for connecting the collector to a source of the heat-absorbing fluid and to the output line of the collector.

• Assignee: BFG Glassgroup (France)
• Patent Number(s): US 4282856
• OSTI ID: 5855732
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

14 SOLAR ENERGY
141000* -- Solar Collectors & Concentrators
ABSORPTION
CADMIUM COMPOUNDS
CADMIUM STANNATES
CHALCOGENIDES
DEPOSITION
DESIGN
ENERGY ABSORPTION
EQUIPMENT
FLAT PLATE COLLECTORS
FLUIDS
HEAT TRANSFER FLUIDS
INDIUM COMPOUNDS
INDIUM OXIDES
OPACITY
OPTICAL PROPERTIES
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
PLATES
SOLAR COLLECTORS
SOLAR EQUIPMENT
STANNATES
SURFACE COATING
THERMAL INSULATION
TIN COMPOUNDS
TIN OXIDES