Solar energy collector

Patent · Tue Oct 02 04:00:00 EDT 1984

OSTI ID:5995700

Ford, R G

The specification discloses a solar energy collector having a manifold with a manifold supply tube and a manifold return tube disposed therein. Fluid is supplied to the apparatus through the manifold supply tube and is received from the apparatus through the manifold return tube. A plurality of spaced apart riser U-tubes extend away and upwardly from the manifold with one end of the U-tube being in fluid communication with the manifold supply tube and the other end of the U-tube being in fluid communication with the manifold return tube. Dimples are formed in spaced apart positions along the supply tube and an orifice is formed in the center of the dimple. The U-tube is connected to the supply tube at the dimple, covering the orifice so that the orifice meters the fluid flow to the U-tube. A solar energy absorber tube encompasses each of the U-tubes.

• Assignee: Energy Design Corporation
• Patent Number(s): US 4474173
• OSTI ID: 5995700
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

14 SOLAR ENERGY
141000* -- Solar Collectors & Concentrators
DESIGN
EQUIPMENT
FLUID FLOW
FLUIDS
HEAT TRANSFER FLUIDS
OPENINGS
ORIFICES
PIPES
SOLAR ABSORBERS
SOLAR COLLECTORS
SOLAR EQUIPMENT
TUBES