Solar heating and cooling diode module
Abstract
A high efficiency solar heating system comprising a plurality of hollow modular units each for receiving a thermal storage mass, the units being arranged in stacked relation in the exterior frame of a building, each of the units including a port for filling the unit with the mass, a collector region and a storage region, each region having inner and outer walls, the outer wall of the collector region being oriented for exposure to sunlight for heating the thermal storage mass; the storage region having an opening therein and the collector region having a corresponding opening, the openings being joined for communicating the thermal storage mass between the storage and collector regions by thermosiphoning; the collector region being disposed substantially below and in parallel relation to the storage region in the modular unit; and the inner wall of the collector region of each successive modular unit in the stacked relation extending over the outer wall of the storage region of the next lower modular unit in the stacked relation for reducing heat loss from the system. Various modifications and alternatives are disclosed for both heating and cooling applications.
- Inventors:
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- One Design, Inc., Winchester, VA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 866000
- Patent Number(s):
- 4615381
- Application Number:
- 06/576,809
- Assignee:
- One Design, Inc. (Winchester, VA)
- 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 Y02A - TECHNOLOGIES FOR ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHANGE
- DOE Contract Number:
- FC02-80CS30526
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Resource Relation:
- Patent File Date: 1984 Feb 07
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- /165/126/
Citation Formats
Maloney, Timothy J. Solar heating and cooling diode module. United States: N. p., 1986.
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Maloney, Timothy J. Solar heating and cooling diode module. United States.
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"Solar heating and cooling diode module". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/866000.
@article{osti_866000,
title = {Solar heating and cooling diode module},
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abstractNote = {A high efficiency solar heating system comprising a plurality of hollow modular units each for receiving a thermal storage mass, the units being arranged in stacked relation in the exterior frame of a building, each of the units including a port for filling the unit with the mass, a collector region and a storage region, each region having inner and outer walls, the outer wall of the collector region being oriented for exposure to sunlight for heating the thermal storage mass; the storage region having an opening therein and the collector region having a corresponding opening, the openings being joined for communicating the thermal storage mass between the storage and collector regions by thermosiphoning; the collector region being disposed substantially below and in parallel relation to the storage region in the modular unit; and the inner wall of the collector region of each successive modular unit in the stacked relation extending over the outer wall of the storage region of the next lower modular unit in the stacked relation for reducing heat loss from the system. Various modifications and alternatives are disclosed for both heating and cooling applications.},
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year = {Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1986},
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