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US 4,083,360 AGranted
Device for collecting solar energy
AssigneeBattelle Memorial Institute
InventorsJean-Claude F. Courvoisier, Jean-Luc CH. Meylan
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Abstract
A device for collecting solar energy, for incorporation in a dwelling, especially in a tiled roof, comprises a heat-absorbing plate, ducting for a heat-exchange fluid for extracting heat from the plate, and single or double glazing over the plate, this glazing consisting of a plurality of radiation - transmitting tiles each having a recessed rear face defining a cell, whereby convection between the glazing and the absorbing surface is reduced or eliminated.
Claims11
A solar-energy collector adapted to be mounted in and to form part of a building structure, comprising:
- a solar-energy absorbing plate;
- conduit means running along said plate for passing a heat-carrying fluid in heat-exchanging relationship with said plate, said plate having a face turned toward the sun;
- an array of formations projecting outwardly from said face of said plate turned toward the sun;
- a multiplicity of flat hollow elements;
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- means on each said element to hook onto said formations so that said elements cover said plate on the side thereof turned toward the sun while lying in side-by-side relation to one another, said elements having surfaces defining with said plate respective cells limiting the circulation of air in the region of said plate and confining heat by the greenhouse effect, said elements being transparent to solar radiation.
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