Environmental heating system

Patent · Tue Jan 31 04:00:00 EST 1984

OSTI ID:7075847

Komula, R W

A heating system for heating a building includes a solar energy collector. The collector is constructed from a plurality of glass panels. A first group of glass panels are mounted in an inverted pyramid with mirror surfaces to reflect solar energy to the base of the pyramid. A second group of transparent panels form an upright pyramid which is joined with the first pyramid at the base. A collector coil containing a circulating liquid is mounted at the junction of the bases of the two pyramids to collect solar energy which passes through the transparent upper pyramid and which is also reflected from the inverted pyramid. Water or other fluid is circulated through the collector coil and stored in an insulated storage tank. Thermostatic control is used to control the circulation of the heating fluid in accordance with the temperature. The heating fluid is pumped from the storage tank to various use devices such as baseboard radiators, water heaters and other devices which require heat.

• Assignee: EDB-84-106702
• Patent Number(s): US 4428363
• OSTI ID: 7075847
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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14 SOLAR ENERGY
140900* -- Solar Thermal Utilization
BUILDINGS
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CONTAINERS
DESIGN
ENERGY SYSTEMS
EQUIPMENT
FLUID FLOW
FLUIDS
GLASS
HEAT TRANSFER FLUIDS
HEATING
HEATING SYSTEMS
PRISMATIC CONFIGURATION
PUMPING
SOLAR COLLECTORS
SOLAR EQUIPMENT
SOLAR HEATING
SOLAR HEATING SYSTEMS
STORAGE
TANKS