Solar heat collector

Patent · Tue Jul 29 04:00:00 EDT 1980

OSTI ID:6843566

O'hanlon, E

A solar heat collecting panel is described comprising a tray assembly having a bottom portion, a plurality of upstanding vertical sides and internal vertical partitions, said partitions having a length-wise slot, a corrugated transparent or translucent sheet having edges resting on resilient material mounted on said vertical sides, with said sheet and said resilient material held tightly within the boundaries of said tray, a darkened metallic solar heat absorbing surface arranged within said tray assembly, thermal insulating material extending between said tray and said darkened solar heat absorbing surface, said darkened surface having a tube fastened underneath thereon, said tube conveying a solar heat absorbing fluid, both ends of said tube protruding from one end of said tray, said tube serpentined within said tray, a first layer of heat insulative material positioned beneath said tube, a highly reflective surface extending beneath said first layer of heat insulative material, and a second layer of heat insulative material positioned between said reflective surface and said bottom portion of said tray.

• Assignee: IFI; EDB-81-000900; ERA-06-003644
• Patent Number(s): US 4214574
• OSTI ID: 6843566
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

14 SOLAR ENERGY
141000* -- Solar Collectors & Concentrators
DESIGN
ELEMENTS
EQUIPMENT
FLUIDS
METALS
OPTICAL PROPERTIES
PETROCHEMICALS
PETROLEUM PRODUCTS
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
PLASTICS
PUMPS
REFLECTIVITY
SHEETS
SOLAR ABSORBERS
SOLAR COLLECTORS
SOLAR EQUIPMENT
SURFACE PROPERTIES
SURFACES
THERMAL INSULATION
TUBES
WORKING FLUIDS