Stoves and furnaces – Heaters – Surface
Patent
1975-09-22
1977-11-22
Sprague, Kenneth W.
Stoves and furnaces
Heaters
Surface
165105, F24J 302
Patent
active
040590933
ABSTRACT:
A solar energy collector for collecting, concentrating, and utilizing solar energy, including a target for transferring solar energy into another useable energy form and a reflector positioned to increase the amount of solar energy reaching the target and prevent solar energy from escaping around the target, the target including in its preferred form a transparent envelope and a heat pipe containing a heat transfer fluid, the heat pipe having an evaporator portion disposed within the transparent envelope and an emergent condenser portion with a flange forming a dry thermal interface with a manifold for conducting heat energy directly from the heat pipe to the manifold.
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Knowles Gregory W.
Madey Robert W.
Sangesland Odd E.
Vroom Henry J.
Grumman Aerospace Corporation
Sprague Kenneth W.
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