Solar collector comprising an entrance window consisting of evacuated tubes
OwnerRichard Bruno, Wilhelm Hermann +5inventors
InventorsRichard Bruno, Wilhelm Hermann, Horst Horster, Reinhard Kersten, Klaus Klinkenberg, Faramarz Mahdjuri, John Bannigan
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Abstract
A solar collector comprising a heat exchanger having a corrugated surface and an entrance window composed of evacuated transparent tubes respectively in contact with the corrugations.
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A solar collector, which comprises a plate-shaped heat exchanger having a corrugated profile, said heat exchanger being provided with a plurality of ducts and serving to transfer heat derived from collected solar radiation during operation to a heat transport medium fed through said ducts, and a heat-insulating entrance window for solar radiation consisting of a plurality of sealed and evacuated transparent tubes adjacently arranged in contact with each other, the tube portions facing the heat exchanger being in contact with the corrugations therein, and said tube portions and said corrugations being of complementary shape.
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