Solar heating device

Patent · Tue Jul 10 04:00:00 EDT 1984

OSTI ID:6413573

Everett, P T

A stationary solar heating device is disclosed herein for heating water usable for domestic or industrial purposes which provides a solar ray collector assembly having a conical shell retained on a supporting base having a conical arrangement of tubular coils carried on the exterior surface thereof. The coils are characterized as having a generally circular cross section with a flat mounting side adjacent to the conical shell for maximum thermal transference to a circulating fluid carried by the coils. A transparent or light permeable protective shield encloses the entire collector assembly and opposite ends of the tubular coil at the base and the apex respectively serve as fluid input and output conduits. An air relief valve is operably coupled into the topmost coil of the assembly and the interior of the shell is substantially insulated to preserve heat in the shell and in the fluid carried by the tubular coils. An anchoring system is provided for coupling the protective shield and the collector assembly together into a unitary construction and which includes a cable tie-down arrangement for securing the complete solar heating device in a stationary, non-movable manner to a roof or ground foundation.

• Assignee: EDB-85-011727
• Patent Number(s): US 4458671
• OSTI ID: 6413573
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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APPLIANCES
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CONTROL EQUIPMENT
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ENERGY TRANSFER
EQUIPMENT
FLOW REGULATORS
FLUIDS
HEAT TRANSFER
HEAT TRANSFER FLUIDS
HEATERS
RELIEF VALVES
SHELLS
SHIELDS
SOLAR COLLECTORS
SOLAR EQUIPMENT
SOLAR WATER HEATERS
THERMAL INSULATION
THERMAL SHIELDS
VALVES
WATER HEATERS