Solar energy collector

Patent · Tue Jul 29 04:00:00 EDT 1980

OSTI ID:7088480

Hopper, T

A solar collector of the air heat exchange type is described including a housing member in which the air passes through a duct whose upper surface is an absorber, and where the air passes from the collector to another, the improvement comprising means defining an air duct in said housing out of thermal conductive contact with said housing, said housing having openings in at least one side wall thereof, said duct extending between said housing openings with the ends of the duct very close to but out of contact with the edges defining said openings, the ends of said duct being aligned with said openings, a thermally insulating resilient sealing member surrounding said openings at the edges thereof and secured to said housing, whereby when two of said collectors are joined with the openings aligned, said sealing means compressively and resiliently engages and provides an air seal about said openings and ducts in said housing are aligned and in direct communication across said openings.

• Assignee: Sunworks Inc
• Patent Number(s): US 4214575
• OSTI ID: 7088480
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

14 SOLAR ENERGY
141000* -- Solar Collectors & Concentrators
AIR HEATERS
BLOWERS
COUPLINGS
DESIGN
DUCTS
EQUIPMENT
FLAT PLATE COLLECTORS
HEATERS
OPENINGS
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
SEALS
SOLAR ABSORBERS
SOLAR AIR HEATERS
SOLAR COLLECTORS
SOLAR EQUIPMENT
THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY
THERMAL INSULATION
THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES