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Solar energy collector

Patent ·
OSTI ID:6032692
A device is disclosed for collecting solar energy and conveying it to a zone to be heated. it comprises a tube in two parts, the first part (evaporator) being surrounded by a vaccuum and being covered with a heat absorbing material and exposed to the solar radiation. The tube contains a fluid which vaporized in the first part and absorbs heat and condenses in the second part and gives up the previously-stored heat. Th fluid in the liquid phase is returned to the first part by a capillary system.
Assignee:
Thomson--Brandt; Compagnie des Lampes
Patent Number(s):
US 4153041
OSTI ID:
6032692
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English