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Solar energy collector

Patent ·
OSTI ID:6390704
A solar energy collector structure has been provided which comprises a plurality of at least partially evacuated tubular members arranged in a group and closely packed in parallel axial alignment. The tubular members are joined together to form a tube sheet. A pair of such tube sheets are placed in tandem with a pair of opposite margins thereof being sealed, on to the other, to form a flow channel therebetween. An absorber, disposed between the tube sheets, in the flow channel, intercepts and absorbs solar energy, which by heat transfer is carried off by a working fluid in the heat exchange relation with the absorber surface.
Assignee:
Corning Glass Works
Patent Number(s):
US 4116225
OSTI ID:
6390704
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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