Stoves and furnaces – Tool having fluid fuel burner – Curling iron
Patent
1978-12-18
1981-05-26
Shoap, Allan N.
Stoves and furnaces
Tool having fluid fuel burner
Curling iron
126438, 126440, 126452, F24J 302
Patent
active
042691680
ABSTRACT:
A solar energy collector apparatus and method, the apparatus including an open-top shell-like structure with a reflective optical system in the shell structure for directing solar energy toward a solar energy absorber apparatus inside the shell structure. The shell structure is mounted upon a hollow axle for rotation about its longitudinal axis and may be mounted for vertical movement to follow north-south changes in the apparent seasonal position of the sun. The solar energy absorber apparatus is nonrotatably mounted inside the shell structure in fluid communication with heat transfer conduits that pass through the hollow axle thereby avoiding rotatable couplings in the conduits. Photovoltaic apparatus for converting at least a portion of the solar spectrum to electrical energy may also be included in the shell structure. This combination of features provides higher solar efficiencies and higher temperatures in the heat transfer fluid. The method includes tracking the sun with the solar energy collector apparatus thereby maximizing the amount of solar energy collected while eliminating coupling failures in the heat transfer conduits.
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Nydegger Rick D.
Shoap Allan N.
Workman H. Ross
Young J. Winslow
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