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US 4,227,566 AGranted
Building solar energy heating system and cooling system
OwnerJohn Stilberinventor
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A built-in solar combination heating and cooling system for a building, particularly a residence, having a sub-floor below grade, walls, one or more ceilings, and a peaked roof comprises a first heat exchange means and a second heat exchange means, where the first heat exchange means absorbs heat from the southerly surface of the roof, and the second heat exchange means exchanges heat from or to the walls, floors, and ceiling of the building, as well as the region below grade surrounding the building. During the heating mode of operation, the path of air is from the outside into the roof-mounted first heat exchange means, then into the second heat exchange means, and into the building through a blower mounted below grade inside the building. During the cooling mode of operation, the flow of air is from the interior of the building, into the second heat exchange means, where it is cooled by contact with surrounding subsoil, then into the first heat exchange means, where solar heating causes convective rise of heated air contained therein outward into the atmosphere, drawing air cooled in the second heat exchange means upward through the building to cool the building.
A built-in solar combination heating and cooling system for a building having a subfloor, walls, one or more ceilings, and a roof having a ridge and eaves, the southerly surface of said roof being exposed generally in the direction of maximum solar radiation, said system comprising a first heat exchange means and a second heat exchange means, said first heat exchange means comprising a sealed connection and a plurality of air-filled tubular roof solar panels secured to said roof, connected to said sealed connection, and extending from ridge vents along said ridge to said sealed connection, said panels have openings along said ridge for allowing air to enter or exit said panels, said second heat exchange means comprising in continuous sealed interconnected relationship cored air-filled slabs comprising said ceilings, a plurality of hollow air-filled blocks comprising said walls, a cored air-filled slab comprising said subfloor, an opening from said second heat exchange means into the interior of said building, and an air blower interposed between said opening and the interior of said building, said air blower being adapted to transfer air from said second heat exchange means into said building, said first heat exchange means being connected at said sealed connection to said second heat exchange means.
A method of heating a building having a subfloor, walls, one or more ceilings, and a roof having a ridge and eaves, the southerly surface of said roof being exposed generally in the direction of maximum solar radiation, said building comprising a first heat exchange means and a second heat exchange means, said first heat exchange means comprising a sealed connection and a plurality of air-filled tubular roof solar panels secured to said roof, connected to said sealed connection, and extending from ridge vents along said ridge to said sealed connection, said panels have openings along said ridge able to permit air to enter or exit through said panels, said second heat exchange means comprising in continuous sealed interconnected relationship cored air-filled slabs comprising said ceilings, a plurality of hollow air-filled blocks comprising said walls, a cored air-filled slab comprising said subfloor, an opening from said second heat exchange means into the interior of said building, and an air blower interposed between said opening and the interior of said building, said first heat exchange means being connected at said sealed connection to said second exchange means, said method of heating comprising operating said blower to draw air from said second heat exchange means through said opening and into the interior of said building, thereby generating a suction to force air into said second heat exchange means from said first heat exchange means, and through said openings in said panels into said first heat exchange mens, heating air in said first heat exchange means by solar exposure on said roof panels, and imparting the heat acquired by said air in said first heat exchange means to the interior of the building by said blower and heat conduction from said second heat exchange means.
A method of cooling a building provided with a subfloor, walls, ceilings, floors and a roof, substantially the entire surface area of said subfloor resting in subsoil, said subfloor, walls, ceilings, and floors being of cored construction and connected together in series to a cored portion of said roof, said cored portion comprising a plurality of air-filled tubular roof solar panels secured to said roof, said panels having openings to permit air to exit through said panels, an opening from one of said walls into the interior of said building, said opening being located within one of said walls connected to said subfloor, said method of cooling comprising permitting air to exit through said panel openings thereby generating a suction to draw air into said cored construction of said roof, ceilings, walls, and floors from said subfloor, and through said opening from the interior of the building to said sub-floor, said air in the cored construction of said subfloor being cooled by said subsoil and cooling the entire building as said cooled air is circulated through the cored construction of said building and out through said panel openings.
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