Lightweight solar heater employing tubes and channels
US4084579A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 14, 1976 |
| Grant date | Apr 18, 1978 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 14, 1996 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02E10/44
- WIPO fieldThermal processes and apparatus
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A solar collector comprises A. a multiplicity of tubes to pass fluid and to receive heat, and B. channel shaped heat transfer members having flanges, the members having webs interconnecting the flanges and presented to receive solar radiation, C. the tubes clamped between and in heat transfer contact with flanges on successive of said members to form a tube and member assembly, whereby the solar heated channel members transfer heat via the tube clamping flanges to the tubes.
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