US 2003/0209281 A1Published application

Collector module

AssigneeSchott AG

InventorsGottfried Haas, Nikolaus Benz, Klaus Quast, Michael Reinhard, Frank Schuenzel

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Abstract

A collector module (1) is described with a collector manifold (20) having two chambers. This collector module (1) has at least one collector tube (2), which has an absorber tube (4) and a tubular jacket (3). A connector (40) for each collector tube is provided which embraces the collector manifold (20) and receives the end of its tubular jacket (3). The connector (40) has a cup-shaped receiving part (41) glued on its collector tube and a U-shaped connecting part (45) formed on the cup-shaped receiving part (41), which engages the collector manifold (20). A sealing device (60) is arranged on the U-shaped connecting part (45). A torsion-stiff, self-supporting device is provided accordingly by this structure, in which each collector tube is not loaded with external forces, during to thermal expansion, transport, mounting or the like.

Claims15

Dependent claims

A collector module comprising

a collector device, especially a collector manifold, provided with two chambers and having at least one nipple arranged perpendicular to a longitudinal direction of the collector device;
at least one collector tube, said at least one collector tube comprising an absorber tube and a tubular jacket arranged around the absorber tube, the at least one absorber tube being slipped on said at least one nipple of the collector device;
at least one coaxial tube arranged in the nipple and fixed at one end thereof in the absorber tube and at another end in the collector device;
a respective connector for each of said at least one collector tube, said respective connector encompassing the collector device, said respective connector having a cup-shaped receiving part, in which the tubular jacket of said at least one collector tube is received and glued, and a U-shaped connecting part, which embraces the collector device;
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a sealing device arranged on the U-shaped connecting part of said respective connector.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 10/390,085Filed 17 Mar 2003
Priority: DE 102 12 977.019 Mar 2002
Published: 13 Nov 2003
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification7 codes

F24S 10/45
In absorbing elements surrounded by transparent enclosures, e.g. evacuated solar collectors: the enclosure being cylindrical
F24S 25/30
Arrangement of stationary mountings or supports for solar heat collector modules: using elongate rigid mounting elements extending substantially…
F24S 80/30
Details, accessories or component parts of solar heat collectors not provided for in groups F24S10/00-F24S70/00: arrangements for connecting the…
Y02E 10/44
Solar thermal energy, e.g. solar towers: heat exchange systems