Solar energy assembly
OwnerJoseph E. Kellyinventor
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Abstract
A solar energy collector and heat exchanger assembly comprising a housing having a transparent top, a transparent wall within the housing parallel to the top to divide the housing into upper and lower chambers, the upper chamber having an air inlet and an air outlet, the lower chamber having a liquid inlet interconnected by a conduit to a liquid outlet, photo cells disposed in the lower chamber and adapted to provide heat to the conduit, and reflector structure disposed in the lower chamber for directing sunlight to the photo cells and for reflecting sunlight to the upper chamber.
Claims10
A solar energy collector and heat exchanger assembly comprising a housing having a bottom wall and upstanding side walls, a transparent top disposed on said housing, a transparent wall disposed in said housing in a plane parallel to the plane of said top, said transparent wall being about its entire periphery adjacent inner surfaces of said upstanding side walls, whereby to divide said housing into upper and lower chambers, said upper chamber having an air inlet and an air outlet, said lower chamber having a liquid inlet and a liquid outlet interconnected by a conduit extending through said lower chamber, photo cells disposed in said lower chamber and adapted to provide heat to said conduit, and reflective means disposed in said lower chamber for directing sunlight to said photo cells and for reflecting sunlight toward said upper chamber.
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