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Solar collector

Patent ·
OSTI ID:6678156
A solar collector module includes a first pan shaped absorber, a smaller second pan shaped absorber adapted to be received in the first absorber, and a first plurality of heat exchanger fins affixed to the bottom of the second pan for defining a baffled, mazelike fluid flow path between the first and second absorber pans. A fluid inlet is provided at one end of the fluid flow path , while a fluid outlet is provided at the other end of the fluid flow path. A second plurality of heat exchanger fins extends upwardly from the second absorber pan, and a first insulative dead air space is defined between the second pan and a first transparent cover supported atop the upwardly extending fins. A transparent grid mounted atop the first transparent cover supports a second transparent top cover, defining a second insulative dead air space between the first and second covers.
Assignee:
EDB-83-015343
Patent Number(s):
US 4353357
OSTI ID:
6678156
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English