Heat collector
Abstract
A heat collector and method suitable for efficiently and cheaply collecting solar and other thermal energy are provided. The collector employs a heat pipe in a gravity-assist mode and is not evacuated. The collector has many advantages, some of which include ease of assembly, reduced structural stresses on the heat pipe enclosure, and a low total materials cost requirement. Natural convective forces drive the collector, which after startup operates entirely passively due in part to differences in molecular weights of gaseous components within the collector.
- Inventors:
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- Santa Cruz, NM
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 864921
- Patent Number(s):
- 4437456
- Assignee:
- United States of America as represented by United States (Washington, DC)
- Patent Classifications (CPCs):
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F - MECHANICAL ENGINEERING F24 - HEATING F24S - SOLAR HEAT COLLECTORS
Y - NEW / CROSS SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES Y02 - TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE Y02E - REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-7405-ENG-36
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- heat; collector; method; suitable; efficiently; cheaply; collecting; solar; thermal; energy; provided; employs; pipe; gravity-assist; mode; evacuated; advantages; ease; assembly; reduced; structural; stresses; enclosure; total; materials; cost; requirement; natural; convective; forces; drive; startup; operates; entirely; passively; due; differences; molecular; weights; gaseous; components; gaseous components; heat pipe; thermal energy; molecular weight; molecular weights; collecting solar; heat collector; entirely passive; gaseous component; /126/165/
Citation Formats
Merrigan, Michael A. Heat collector. United States: N. p., 1984.
Web.
Merrigan, Michael A. Heat collector. United States.
Merrigan, Michael A. Sun .
"Heat collector". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/864921.
@article{osti_864921,
title = {Heat collector},
author = {Merrigan, Michael A},
abstractNote = {A heat collector and method suitable for efficiently and cheaply collecting solar and other thermal energy are provided. The collector employs a heat pipe in a gravity-assist mode and is not evacuated. The collector has many advantages, some of which include ease of assembly, reduced structural stresses on the heat pipe enclosure, and a low total materials cost requirement. Natural convective forces drive the collector, which after startup operates entirely passively due in part to differences in molecular weights of gaseous components within the collector.},
doi = {},
journal = {},
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place = {United States},
year = {1984},
month = {1}
}
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