Water heating system using solar energy
Patent
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OSTI ID:5981370
A water heating system includes a solar collector panel, a hot water heater tank, a serpentine tube-in-sheet heat exchanger jacket built into the water tank assembly, pumping means, fluid transfer means and means for securing the heat exchanger jacket around the hot water heater. The solar collector panel has a first passageway which lies beneath the outer surface of the panel such that incident solar energy is used to elevate the temperature of an energy-absorbing fluid which is circulating through this first passageway. The heat exchanger jacket is constructed with second and third passageways which are positioned in a double serpentine coil arrangement. The energy-absorbing fluid from the collector panel flows through connecting conduits to and from the second passageway. Water within the hot water heater is coupled to the third passageway and, as it circulates through the third passageway, this water is elevated in temperature by means of conduction from the energy-absorbing fluid. The energy-absorbing fluid, by raising the temperature of the heat exchanger jacket, also elevates the temperature of the water within the hot water heater by conduction through the wall of the hot water heater. Thus, two modes of heat transfer are used to heat the water within the hot water heater. Suitable pumps and valves are provided in order to control the flow of the fluids during the various climatic conditions.
- Assignee:
- IFI; EDB-82-038624
- Patent Number(s):
- US 4287879
- OSTI ID:
- 5981370
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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Related Subjects
14 SOLAR ENERGY
140907* -- Solar Thermal Utilization-- Water Heating
ABSORPTION
APPLIANCES
CONFIGURATION
CONTROL EQUIPMENT
DESIGN
ENERGY ABSORPTION
ENERGY STORAGE
ENERGY TRANSFER
EQUIPMENT
FLAT PLATE COLLECTORS
FLOW REGULATORS
FLUID FLOW
FLUIDS
HEAT EXCHANGERS
HEAT STORAGE
HEAT TRANSFER
HEAT TRANSFER FLUIDS
HEATERS
HELICAL CONFIGURATION
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
PUMPS
SENSIBLE HEAT STORAGE
SOLAR COLLECTORS
SOLAR EQUIPMENT
SOLAR WATER HEATERS
STORAGE
THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY
THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES
TUBES
VALVES
WATER HEATERS
140907* -- Solar Thermal Utilization-- Water Heating
ABSORPTION
APPLIANCES
CONFIGURATION
CONTROL EQUIPMENT
DESIGN
ENERGY ABSORPTION
ENERGY STORAGE
ENERGY TRANSFER
EQUIPMENT
FLAT PLATE COLLECTORS
FLOW REGULATORS
FLUID FLOW
FLUIDS
HEAT EXCHANGERS
HEAT STORAGE
HEAT TRANSFER
HEAT TRANSFER FLUIDS
HEATERS
HELICAL CONFIGURATION
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
PUMPS
SENSIBLE HEAT STORAGE
SOLAR COLLECTORS
SOLAR EQUIPMENT
SOLAR WATER HEATERS
STORAGE
THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY
THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES
TUBES
VALVES
WATER HEATERS