Power plants – Utilizing natural heat – Solar
Patent
1983-02-07
1985-04-23
Husar, Stephen F.
Power plants
Utilizing natural heat
Solar
60648, 60661, 60671, 126437, 126446, F03G 702
Patent
active
045121575
ABSTRACT:
A solar powered fluid heating system includes a thermal collector for vaporizing a refrigerant, a separator for removing any liquid component from the vapor component of the heated refrigerant, and a condenser for transferring heat from the refrigerant vapor to a fluid thereby returning the refrigerant to the liquid phase. Liquid refrigerant is returned from the condenser to the separator, and from the separator to the thermal collector. A pump or a compressor is used to force refrigerant through the refrigerant circuit. The pump or the compressor is actuated by solar energy which is received either from an array of photovoltaic cells or from a generator driven by a turbine which is in turn driven by refrigerant vapor flowing from the separator to the condenser. Secondary refrigerant circuits may be utilized to preheat the refrigerant in the thermal collector, or to exhaust excess heat therefrom, or both. The thermal collector and/or the photovoltaic cell array may comprise an assembly having an inverted T-shaped configuration for maximizing output throughout all of the entire day.
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Husar Stephen F.
O'Neil Michael A.
Wetzel Enterprises, Inc.
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