Prevention of thermal buildup by controlled exterior means and solar energy collectors

Patent · Tue Sep 01 04:00:00 EDT 1981

OSTI ID:5982128

Nevins, R L

An illustrative embodiment of the invention discloses a solar energy system for a building. A plurality of interlocked thermally conductive flat solar energy collecting plates form a portion of the building's surface. Each of these plates has a web which is generally perpendicular to the web surface. This web supports a suitable tube which is received in notched rafters. The tube contains working fluid which absorbs thermal energy collected by the plates and transfers it to storage or to air flowing in a duct which is formed in the building or structure between a sheet which is attached to the opposite side of the rafters and the flat solar collecting plates which provide one surface of the building.

• Assignee: IFI; EDB-82-038523
• Patent Number(s): US 4286582
• OSTI ID: 5982128
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

14 SOLAR ENERGY
140901* -- Solar Thermal Utilization-- Space Heating & Cooling
AIR HEATERS
BUILDINGS
DESIGN
DUCTS
ENERGY STORAGE
ENERGY SYSTEMS
ENERGY TRANSFER
EQUIPMENT
FLAT PLATE COLLECTORS
FLUIDS
HEAT STORAGE
HEAT TRANSFER
HEAT TRANSFER FLUIDS
HEATERS
HEATING SYSTEMS
SOLAR COLLECTORS
SOLAR EQUIPMENT
SOLAR HEATING SYSTEMS
STORAGE
WORKING FLUIDS