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US 8,757,142 B2Granted
Solar collector
OwnerShlomo Gabbay, Abad Luisinventors
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Abstract
A solar collector, comprising: (a) a plurality of thermosiphon tubes in which water flows, each tube having a top opening and a bottom opening; (b) a top manifold having a water inlet and water outlet and disposed at the top opening of the tubes, providing both a water feed into at least one of the plurality of tubes and a water exit from the rest of the tubes; and (c) a bottom basin connecting the bottom openings of the tubes. In some embodiments the plurality of tubes are divided into at least one inlet tube and the rest as outlet tubes by a stopper disposed in the top manifold.
Claims9
A solar collector, comprising:
- (a) a plurality of thermosiphon tubes in which water flows, each tube having a top opening and a bottom opening;
- (b) a top manifold having a water inlet and water outlet and disposed at the top opening of the tubes, providing both a water feed into at least one of the plurality of tubes and a water exit from the rest of the tubes;
- (c) a bottom basin connecting the bottom openings of the tubes;
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- (d) a separating element disposed in the top manifold configured to divide the plurality of tubes into at least one inlet tube and the remainder as outlet tubes,
- wherein the solar collector further comprises a mechanism to vary the location of the separating element within the top manifold and according to said location a ratio of inlet to outlet tubes is set.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.