Air panel technology and method of use thereof
AssigneeGlobal Solar Water and Power Systems, Inc.
InventorsMark E. Snyder, Albert Clark Rich
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Abstract
A device for using solar energy to heat air. The device can include a hot air panel having a box. The box can include a glazing, a collection plate, and a base layer. The collection plate can be disposed between the glazing and the base layer so as to define a first chamber and a second chamber. The first chamber can be an insulation chamber that can hold air within the box. The second chamber can be a flow chamber that allows air to flow through the box. The box can be further associated with a temperature detection device and a fan.
Claims12
A hot air panel configured to heat air within the hot air panel using solar energy, the hot air panel comprising:
- a glazing configured to allow solar energy into the hot air panel and defining a top of the hot air panel;
- a base layer defining the bottom of the hot air panel, wherein the glazing and the base layer define in part a volume of the hot air panel;
- a collection plate positioned between the glazing and the base layer such that the collection plate divides the volume of the hot air panel into two portions that are isolated from each other, a first portion comprising a volume that is at least partially defined by the glazing and the collection plate, and a second portion comprising volume that is at least partially defined by the base layer and the collection plate;
- wherein
- the first portion comprises an insulating portion;
- and
- the second portion comprises a flow portion having an area defined by a width and a length;
- and
- a plurality of spacing blocks disposed in spaced within the second portion, each spacing block contacting from the base layer of the hot air panel to the collection plate;
- wherein each spacing block has a width less than the width of the second portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.