Stoves and furnaces – Tool having fluid fuel burner – Curling iron
Patent
1981-06-29
1984-03-20
Barrett, Lee E.
Stoves and furnaces
Tool having fluid fuel burner
Curling iron
126434, 126435, 126449, 126452, 16510426, F24J 302
Patent
active
044374569
ABSTRACT:
A heat collector and method suitable for efficiently and cheaply collecting solar and other thermal energy are provided. The collector employs a heat pipe in a gravity-assist mode and is not evacuated. The collector has many advantages, some of which include ease of assembly, reduced structural stresses on the heat pipe enclosure, and a low total materials cost requirement. Natural convective forces drive the collector, which after startup operates entirely passively due in part to differences in molecular weights of gaseous components within the collector.
REFERENCES:
patent: 3875926 (1975-04-01), Frank
patent: 3971634 (1976-07-01), Ranken et al.
patent: 4010733 (1977-03-01), Moore
patent: 4027653 (1977-06-01), Meckler
patent: 4067315 (1978-01-01), Fehlner et al.
patent: 4135490 (1979-01-01), Soleau, Jr.
patent: 4184477 (1980-01-01), Yuan
patent: 4267825 (1981-05-01), Ward
patent: 4269170 (1981-05-01), Guerra
patent: 4284066 (1981-08-01), Brow
Lucas, Ted, How to Build a Solar Heater, Pasadena, California: Ward Ritchie Press, 1975, pp. 26-29 and 37-43.
S. Katzoff, "Heat Pipes and Vapor Chambers for Thermal Control of Spacecraft," A1AA Paper 71-411, (1971).
D. R. Koenig, "The Upside Down Heat Pipe, " Los Alamos National Laboratory Progress Report LA-8649-PR, UC-80, Dec. 1980, pp. 36-37.
J. C. Francken, "The Heat Pipe Fin, A Novel Design of a Planar Collector," 1975 International Solar Energy Congress and Exposition, Proceedings, HP-22025.
G. Yale Eastman, "The Heat Pipe," Scientific American 218(5), 1968, pp. 38-46.
W. Bienert, "Heat Pipes for Temperature Control," at the 4th Intersociety Energy Conversion Conference, Wash. D.C., Sep. 1969.
D. K. Edwards et al., "User's Manual for the TRW Gaspipe Program," TRW Document No. 13111-6022-RO-OO, Apr. 1971, pp. 2-1 to 2-5.
J. Manrique et al., "The Effect of a Black Chrome Selective Surface on the Thermal Performance of a Solar Collector," Letters in Heat and Mass Transfer, vol. 7, pp. 25-31, 1980.
Barrett Lee E.
Gaetjens Paul D.
Huffman Lee W.
Slade Elizabeth O.
The United States of America as represented by the United States
LandOfFree
Heat collector does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this patent.
If you have personal experience with Heat collector, we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and Heat collector will most certainly appreciate the feedback.
Profile ID: LFUS-PAI-O-1598634