Solar energy collector system
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InventorTimothy J. Flick
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A solar energy collector system for reducing heating, air conditioning and power consumption of a building structure. The solar energy collector system includes a housing structure, a collector plate, an insulating sheet positioned between the collector plate and a floor of the housing structure, a thermopile unit within the housing structure, and a fluid positioned below the collector plate. The fluid adjacent the collector plate is heated thereby rising to an upper portion of the housing structure and thermally conducting the thermopile unit for generating electricity. The cooled fluid then passes downwardly below the insulating sheet to a lower portion of the housing structure. A heat exchanger is utilized upon the opposite side of the thermopile unit for transferring the heat to a desired location within or outside of the building structure.
A solar energy collector system, comprising:
A solar energy collector system, comprising:
A solar energy collector system, comprising:
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1.Field of the Invention
Various other objects, features and attendant advantages of the present invention will become fully appreciated as the same becomes better understood when considered in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which like reference characters designate the same or similar parts throughout the several views, and wherein:
FIG. 1 is a flowchart of the operation of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is an upper perspective view of the present invention.
Turning now descriptively to the drawings, in which similar reference characters denote similar elements throughout the several views, FIGS. 1 through 6 illustrate a solar energy collector system 10, which comprises a housing structure 20, a collector plate 60, an insulating sheet positioned between the collector plate 60 and a floor of the housing structure 20, a thermopile unit 40 within the housing structure 20, and a fluid positioned below the collector plate 60. The fluid adjacent the collector plate 60 is heated thereby rising to an upper portion of the housing structure 20 and thermally conducting the thermopile unit 40 for generating electricity. The cooled fluid then passes downwardly below the insulating sheet to a lower portion of the housing structure 20. A heat exchanger 90 is utilized upon the opposite side of the thermopile unit 40 for transferring the heat to a desired location within or outside of the building structure.
FIG. 2 illustrates an upper perspective of the present invention having a generally flat structure. The present invention designed to be utilized upon a pre-existing roof surface or as a roof surface. Various other configurations may be utilized in conjunction with the present invention.
As shown in FIG. 3 of the drawings, the housing structure 20 includes an interior portion 22 that receives the main components of the present invention. The housing structure 20 may have various shapes and sizes that may be required for usage upon a roof of the building structure. The housing structure 20 may also be constructed of various types of building materials.
Solar heat collectors using working fluids: the working fluids being conveyed between plates
Operating with only the Peltier or Seebeck effects: characterised by the heat-exchanging means at the junction
Integration of renewable energy sources in buildings: solar thermal
Solar thermal energy, e.g. solar towers: heat exchange systems
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