Solar-earth thermal system
OwnerJoseph C. Balchinventor
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Abstract
A heating and cooling system utilizing solar, or other energy, includes a solar heat collector having fluid ducts connected to the lower portion of a buried fluid thermal unit, which transfers collected heat to an underground storage area. The thermal unit provides fluid convection flow between portions of the unit surrounded by lower and upper heat transfer jackets. A heat pump, installed in a building to be heated or cooled, has ducts for selectively circulating fluids between the heat pump and the upper and lower heat transfer jackets of the buried thermal unit.
Claims14
A heating and cooling system comprising means for collecting and transferring heat to a fluid medium, a fluid thermal unit providing fluid convection flow between portions of the unit and having upper and lower heat transfer jackets buried in the ground, first duct means connecting said heat collection means to said lower heat transfer jacket for circulation of said fluid medium between the heat collection means and the jacket, a heat pump for installation in a building to be heated, and second duct means connected between said heat pump and said upper jackets for circulating fluid between the upper heat transfer jacket and the heat pump.
A heating and cooling system according to claim 14, wherein there is provided a panel of insulating material buried in the ground above said plurality of thermal units.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.