Integrated solar collector
- 9 Woodman Rd., Chestnut Hill, MA 02167
A solar collector having a copper panel in a contiguous space relationship with a condenser-evaporator heat exchanger located under the panel, the panel having a honeycomb-like structure on its interior defining individual cells which are filled with zeolite loaded, in its adsorbed condition, with 18 to 20% by weight of water. The interior of the panel and heat exchanger are maintained at subatmospheric pressure of about 0.1 to 1 psia. The panel and heat exchanger are insulated on their lateral sides and bottoms and on the top of the heat exchange. The panel has a black coating on its top which is exposed to and absorbs solar energy. Surrounding the insulation (which supports the panel) is an extruded aluminum framework which supports a pair of spaced-apart glass panels above the solar panel. Water in conduits from a system for heating or cooling or both is connected to flow into an inlet and discharge from outlet of a finned coil received within the heat exchanger. The collector panel provides heat during the day through desorption and condensing of water vapor from the heated solar panel in the heat exchanger and cools at night by the re-adsorption of the water vapor from the heat exchanger which lowers the absolute pressure within the system and cools the heat exchange coils by evaporation.
- Research Organization:
- ZEROPOWER CO
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC03-78CS32117
- Assignee:
- Tchernev, Dimiter I. (9 Woodman Rd., Chestnut Hill, MA 02167)
- Patent Number(s):
- US 4556049
- OSTI ID:
- 865687
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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