Solar energy collector

Patent · Tue Sep 16 04:00:00 EDT 1980

OSTI ID:6944481

Heath, G F

A solar energy collector that includes a number of elongate, hollow, metallic, tubular members of such transverse cross section that when disposed side-by-side they define a number of spaced longitudinal apertures through which solar energy rays are directed by lens systems into a number of elongate cavities having dark or black surfaces. The hollow members have the ends so connected to one another that water or other fluid flowing to the collector sequentially traverses the longitudinal passages in the tubular members prior to discharging from the collector. During the flow through the passages heat is transferred to the water or other fluid flowing therethrough from the heated cavities. The solar rays directed by the lens system into the cavities may, if desired, be used to activate photoelectric cells , and the light be transformed directly into electricity.

• Assignee: IFI; ERA-06-010670; EDB-81-031876
• Patent Number(s): US 4222371
• OSTI ID: 6944481
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

14 SOLAR ENERGY
140501 -- Solar Energy Conversion-- Photovoltaic Conversion
141000* -- Solar Collectors & Concentrators
BLACK COATINGS
COATINGS
DESIGN
DIRECT ENERGY CONVERTERS
EQUIPMENT
FLUIDS
HEAT TRANSFER FLUIDS
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
LENSES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PHOTOELECTRIC CELLS
PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS
SOLAR CELL ARRAYS
SOLAR CELLS
SOLAR COLLECTORS
SOLAR EQUIPMENT
TUBES
WATER