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Solar energy collector

Patent ·
OSTI ID:6184744
The disclosure illustrates a solar collector comprising an evacuated generally rectangular glass shell of a configuration commonly used for television tubes and a flat plate receiver having a black chrome surface positioned within the shell. A conduit in heat exchange relation to the plate has a single inlet and outlet for heat exchange fluid which extends through an insulating seal in the neck of the glass shell. This configuration permits a far greater collector surface area than prior evacuated cylindrical tube configurations.
Assignee:
Alpha Solarco Inc
Patent Number(s):
US 4273105
OSTI ID:
6184744
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English