Stoves and furnaces – Tool having fluid fuel burner – Curling iron
Patent
1980-04-03
1982-04-27
O'Connor, Daniel J.
Stoves and furnaces
Tool having fluid fuel burner
Curling iron
126400, 126436, 126437, 126449, F24J 302
Patent
active
043265014
ABSTRACT:
The invention comprises a single unit which serves as the solar collector, heat storage area, and the heat exchanger. A generally rectangular tank is provided with suitably heavy insulated walls at the bottom, ends and rear. One side, facing the sun is open and the opening extends into a portion of the top. The top is provided with a thickly insulated cover. The open side is provided with a corrugated surface, the preferred angle being the latitude plus 10.degree.. The water is carried through suitable tubing which enters the tank through one end wall. The tubing is reentrantly bent in the tank to provide a plurality of lengths (4 shown) and then out through the same end wall but below the entrance. The tank is then filled with a suitable material having good heat storage and heat exchange properties. The best material is an eutectic salt having extremely high heat absorption and storage ability in direct contact with the container wall, which is designed to absorb heat radiation, and in direct contact with the tubing to transfer the heat to the water passing through. Other substances, such as concrete, can also be used. The corrugated side is covered with an insulating glass or transparent plastic twin-walled sheet mounted at the front. The unit is attached to the water supply through the tubing extending at one side, the conventional water supply pressure being sufficient to operate the unit. The unit is placed on the ground adjacent the building. The unit is modular and the effects can be increased by adding units in line and hooking them up in series or parallel as desired. The system lends itself to the use of much smaller units hooked together in banks for easier handling.
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O'Connor Daniel J.
Schwartz Max
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