Stoves and furnaces – Solar heat collector – With means to convey fluent medium through collector
Patent
1992-11-09
1994-01-04
Yeung, James C.
Stoves and furnaces
Solar heat collector
With means to convey fluent medium through collector
126665, F24J 226
Patent
active
052751481
ABSTRACT:
A solar heat exchange system is disclosed which includes a header or manifold conduit which includes multiple radially disposed apertures therein. A flexible elastomeric mat which includes multiple elongate tubular elements is then mated to the conduit. Each tubular element includes an exterior wall having an octagonal cross-section such that multiple longitudinally disposed flat surfaces are provided, each capable of reflecting non-absorbed solar radiation onto an adjacent tubular element, greatly enhancing the heating efficiency of a solar heat exchange system utilizing this mat. In an alternate embodiment of the mat each tubular element includes an exterior wall having an octagonal cross section and one or more of the upper surfaces of the octagonal cross section include a number of mutually perpendicular facets, such that solar radiation reflected from each facet is reflected onto an adjacent facet.
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