Solar collector comprising an entrance window consisting of evacuated tubes

US4144875A · kind A · utility

Inventors

• Richard T. Bruno · Sewell, US
• Wilhelm Hermann · Roetgen, DE
• Horst Horster
• Reinhard Kersten · Aachen, DE
• Klaus Klinkenberg · Aachen, DE
• Faramarz Mahdjuri · Bergamo, IT
• John Bannigan · Stolberg, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 1, 1977
• Grant date: Mar 20, 1979
• Expiry date: Apr 1, 1997

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02E10/44
• WIPO field: Thermal processes and apparatus
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A solar collector comprising a heat exchanger having a corrugated surface and an entrance window composed of evacuated transparent tubes respectively in contact with the corrugations.