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US 2015/0083195 A1Published application
Transparent solar energy collector
AssigneeSunpartner
InventorJöel Gilbert
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Abstract
The invention concerns a device for collecting infrared solar radiation by heating a circulating blade of air circulating between two transparent glazed walls. The first glazed wall polarises light in a circular manner. The second glazed wall reflects infrared radiation towards the first glazed wall. The infrared radiation which has been reflected has changed polarisation direction and is then absorbed by the first glazed wall which heats up, and in turn heats the circulating blade of air in contact with same.
Claims22
A device for collecting solar energy comprising:
- at least one transparent or semi-transparent glazed wall having one face exposed to incident radiation from the sun, and, in the path of the incident radiation, light-polarizing means, and
- reflecting means downstream of the light-polarizing means for reflecting toward said exposed face at least some of the polarized light and imparting thereto a modified polarization so that the reflected light is absorbed by said polarizing means and causes heating of said glazed wall.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.