Self-pumping solar heating system with geyser pumping action
A self-pumping solar heating system having a collector including a multitude of small diameter riser tubes from which heated liquid is pumped into a header by a geyser action. A vapor condenser assures a header pressure conducive to bubble nucleation in the riser tube upper end segments. The level of liquid within the header or its outlet is higher than the liquid level in the riser tubes to produce a gravity imbalance capable of circulating heated liquid past a storage heat exchanger, below the header, and then upwardly through the closed vapor condenser in the header prior to return to a collector inlet manifold. A modified header utilizes an open vapor condenser in vapor communication with the collector header.
- Assignee:
- NOR-85-07058; EDB-85-061297
- Patent Number(s):
- US 4478211
- OSTI ID:
- 5963701
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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Related Subjects
140901* -- Solar Thermal Utilization-- Space Heating & Cooling
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CONDENSERS
DESIGN
ENERGY SYSTEMS
EQUIPMENT
FLUIDS
HEAT EXCHANGERS
HEAT TRANSFER FLUIDS
HEATING SYSTEMS
PUMPING
SOLAR COLLECTORS
SOLAR EQUIPMENT
SOLAR HEATING SYSTEMS
TUBES
VAPOR CONDENSERS