Solar collector device

Patent · Tue Nov 03 04:00:00 EST 1981

OSTI ID:5980831

Easton, A

A solar collector device is described having a plurality of parallel collector tubes mounted between a pair of header members through which a heat carrying liquid flows. The collector tubes each have a plane surface exposed to the solar rays and extending laterally substantially equal to the maximum diameter of the respective tubes. The edges of adjacent tubes abut each other to form a substantially continuous planar collector surface. The tubes are moreover, made of a highly efficient conductor of thermal energy, namely a specialized copper alloy. A method of forming such tubes with planar surfaces for use in solar energy collectors is also disclosed.

• Assignee: National Solar Corp
• Patent Number(s): US 4297991
• OSTI ID: 5980831
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

14 SOLAR ENERGY
141000* -- Solar Collectors & Concentrators
ALLOYS
COPPER ALLOYS
DESIGN
ENERGY SYSTEMS
EQUIPMENT
FLUIDS
HEAT TRANSFER FLUIDS
HEATING SYSTEMS
IRON ALLOYS
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
SOLAR COLLECTORS
SOLAR EQUIPMENT
SOLAR HEATING SYSTEMS
THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY
THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES
TUBES