Heat pipe augmented passive solar heating system
Abstract
A heat pipe augmented passive solar space heating system modulates the temperature inside a building structure, particular during heating seasons when the ambient temperature is below levels customarily associated with adequate room comfort, and in some embodiments comprises a solar absorber, a heat pipe surrounding wholly or partially by insulation, the heat pipe having three main sections which are an evaporator at one end proximal to the solar absorber, a condenser at the other end proximal to an interior room being heated, and a rubber adiabatic section between those. Additional aspects such as a mechanical valve in the adiabatic section are disclosed to limit unwanted thermal gains when cooling is needed because the ambient temperatures already exceed room comfort.
- Inventors:
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- University of Louisville Research Foundation, Inc., Louisville, KY (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1471678
- Patent Number(s):
- 10060681
- Application Number:
- 15/271,777
- Assignee:
- University of Louisville Research Foundation, Inc. (Louisville, KY)
- Patent Classifications (CPCs):
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F - MECHANICAL ENGINEERING F24 - HEATING F24S - SOLAR HEAT COLLECTORS
F - MECHANICAL ENGINEERING F28 - HEAT EXCHANGE IN GENERAL F28D - HEAT-EXCHANGE APPARATUS, NOT PROVIDED FOR IN ANOTHER SUBCLASS, IN WHICH THE HEAT-EXCHANGE MEDIA DO NOT COME INTO DIRECT CONTACT
- DOE Contract Number:
- FC36-05GO85034
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Resource Relation:
- Patent File Date: 2018 Aug 28
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 42 ENGINEERING; 14 SOLAR ENERGY
Citation Formats
Sharp, M. Keith, and Robinson, Brian S. Heat pipe augmented passive solar heating system. United States: N. p., 2018.
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