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US 11,912,587 B2Granted
Multifunction solar utility panels
AssigneeRobert James Pyman
InventorsRobert James Pyman, Richard William Thomson, Darren Geoffrey Dunn
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Abstract
A multi-function solar panel, the panel being of the tilted tray type which is divided into three chambers, one chamber being used for electricity generation, and cooling of the PV panel and partial preheating of the feed water to a still, one for processing the feed water to produce potable water and the other for water storage and other ancillary devices used in the production process and PAYG functionality of the multi-function solar panel.
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A solar still for producing fresh water, including
- a solar panel cell (30);
- a water evaporation chamber (36) with a water condenser plate (26) for condensing water vapour;
- a water collector (11) to collect condensed water vapour and fluidly connected to a condensed water storage chamber (32);
- a feedwater inlet water preheater chamber (31) with a feedwater inlet port fluidly connected to receive feedwater, and fluidly connected to an inlet water feed distributor (7) to distribute feedwater to the water evaporation chamber (36)
- a heat exchange chamber (33) to receive water that did not evaporate in the water evaporation chamber (36);
- the feedwater inlet water preheater chamber (31) thermally connected to the solar panel cell (30) and at least partially surrounding the condensed water storage chamber (32) and the heat exchange chamber (33).
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