Solar heat regulator

Patent · Tue Apr 07 00:00:00 EDT 1987

OSTI ID:6562698

Boynton, S L

A solar heat regulating device is described for selectively heating with sunlight the air inside a building having a window and shielding and insulating the air inside the building from the heat of sunlight outside the building including: a frame for mounting the solar heat regulating device inside the building and adjacent to the window; a plurality of hollow vanes, each of the vanes having at least one passageway for passing air therethrough; the vanes having a heat absorptive surface on a first side thereof which allows solar radiation impinging on the heat absorptive surface to heat the air contained in the one passageway of the vanes; the vanes having a heat reflective surface on a second side of the vanes which reflects the solar radiation impinging on the second side of the vanes and shields the inside of the building from solar radiation impinging on the vanes; and the vanes having side portions extending between the first and second sides of the vanes, the side portions, and the first and second sides forming the one passageway through each of the vanes, the side portions and the first and second sides of the vanes terminating in top end and bottom end portions.

• Assignee: Solara, Inc., Mayfield Heights, OH
• Patent Number(s): US 4655195
• OSTI ID: 6562698
• Resource Relation: Patent File Date: Filed date 24 Dec 1985
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

14 SOLAR ENERGY
BUILDINGS
SOLAR SPACE HEATING
SOLAR HEATING SYSTEMS
DESIGN
OPERATION
ABSORPTIVITY
SOLAR RADIATION
SPECTRALLY SELECTIVE SURFACES
THERMAL INSULATION
VANES
WINDOWS
ENERGY SYSTEMS
EQUIPMENT
HEATING
HEATING SYSTEMS
OPENINGS
OPTICAL PROPERTIES
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
RADIATIONS
SOLAR EQUIPMENT
SOLAR HEATING
SPACE HEATING
STELLAR RADIATION
SURFACES
140901* - Solar Thermal Utilization- Space Heating & Cooling