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Title Solar heat collector
Creator/Author Newton, A.B.
Publication Date1979 Mar 06
OSTI IdentifierOSTI ID: 6445743
Report Number(s)US 4142514
Resource TypePatent
Resource RelationPat. File: Filed date 3 May 1977
Subject141000 -- Solar Collectors & Concentrators; ;PARABOLIC TROUGH COLLECTORS-- DESIGN; COVERINGS;HEAT TRANSFER FLUIDS;SOLAR ABSORBERS;SOLAR REFLECTORS;TUBES
Related SubjectCONCENTRATING COLLECTORS;FLUIDS;PARABOLIC COLLECTORS;SOLAR COLLECTORS;SOLAR CONCENTRATORS
Description/Abstract A solar collector is disclosed utilizing elongated channel-shaped reflector members which comprise modified parabolas in cross-section to reflect sun rays onto straight sections of a tubular conductor of heat-transfer fluid located substantially along the focal lines of said reflector members and being oval in cross-section to intercept the rays of the sun as the position of the sun rises above and falls below the central axes of said reflector members, a series of said reflector members and conductors being horizontal in use for gravity drain and flow and the ends of the straight sections being connected to provide a sinous tube system.^An insulating frame supports said reflector members and tube systems and a transparent cover extends across the outer face in use.
Country of PublicationUnited States
LanguageEnglish
FormatPages: 10
RightsSolation Products, Inc.
System Entry Date2001 May 13

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