Passive solar device for heating and cooling
US4232731A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 28, 1978 |
| Grant date | Nov 11, 1980 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 28, 1998 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S165/904
- WIPO fieldThermal processes and apparatus
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A thermal control and storage unit, in the general form of a Venetian blind for location at windows and the like, comprises vanes of polygonal cross-section, having facets that selectively control radiative and other heat transfer in different orientations and that define compartments containing a phase transformation energy storage medium for solar energy conversion.
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