Thermal panel for heating liquids
OwnerPeter J. Hastwellinventor
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Abstract
A solar generator panel in which a channel contains water, and has a cover which is transparent to solar radiation to allow solar radiation to pass into water in the channel whereby to absorb energy in the water from the radiation, and including an absorber for solar energy forming the front of said channel and in contact with the water to absorb, as heat, that solar energy which passes through the water, and re-radiates and conducts such heat energy back to the water.
Claims21
A solar generator panel for heating water, comprising a housing (25), a trough (1) insertable into said housing (25), a water inlet (26) and water outlet (27), a first transverse distributor channel (23) communicating with said water inlet (26), a second transverse distributor channel (24) communicating with said water outlet, a series of parallel spaced walls (3) in said trough extending from said first distributor channel (23) and forming a plurality of parallel flow channels in said trough to contain water, said flow channels having a top (5), a cover which is transparent to solar radiation closing the top of said flow channels and bonded to said walls (3) to allow solar radiation to pass into said flow channels so as to absorb energy in the water from the radiation, and an absorber (9) for solar energy forming at least a water-supporting surface of said trough to absorb as heat that solar energy which passes through the water, and to reradiate and conduct such heat energy back to the water.
A solar generator panel for heating water, comprising a housing (23), a trough (1) insertable into said housing (23), a series of parallel spaced walls in said trough forming a plurality of parallel flow channels (93) in said trough to contain water, said flow channels having a top, a cover (5) which is transparent to solar radiation closing the top of said flow channels to pass into said flow channels so as to absorb energy in the water from the radiation, a water storage (92) chamber being attached to said solar generator, said trough (1) and said chamber being formed with openings for water to pass from said trough to said chamber, said chamber having heat extraction means (94) for transmitting heat from said chamber upon pumping the heated water therefrom.
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