Solar energy collection and transfer arrangement and method, and method of assembly

The method of collection and transfer of solar energy to a heat conductive fluid, comprising

• passing solar light rays through a first light transmitting insulating multicelled honeycomb sandwich array of multiple discrete insulating cells and into contact with a second solar energy absorbing multicelled honeycomb sandwich array,
• and passing a heat transfer fluid laterally through the cells of said second solar energy absorbing honeycomb array and to a heat transfer zone external of said arrays for further heat transfer of energy absorbed by said fluid during passage through said cells of said solar energy absorbing honeycomb array.

A solar energy collection and transfer arrangement, comprising

• a honeycomb panel sandwich assembly including a light-transmitting insulation layer having light-transmitting top and bottom sheets and a lateral fluid flow heat transfer multicelled honeycomb layer extending laterally beneath said insulation layer,
• and lateral fluid passageways formed in the cell lateral walls of said heat transfer multicelled honeycomb layer for guiding and passing heat transfer fluid beneath the bottom sheet of said insulation layer to absorb solar energy transferred thereto through said light-transmitting insulation layer.

The method of collection and transfer of solar energy to a heat conductive fluid, comprising

• passing solar light rays through a light-transmitting insulating layer and into contact with a solar energy-absorbing and heat transfer multicelled honeycomb sandwich array,
• and passing a heat transfer fluid laterally through the cells of said solar energy-absorbing and transfer honeycomb array and to a heat transfer zone external of said arrays for further heat transfer of energy absorbed by said fluid during passage through said cells of said solar energy-absorbing honeycomb array.