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Solar collector with blackened layer facing insulation

US4267218A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateApr 11, 1979
Grant dateMay 12, 1981
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Expiry dateApr 11, 1999

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T428/13
  • WIPO fieldThermal processes and apparatus
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A solar collector has a surface turned toward the sun and forms a heat exchange cell which has at least one wall composed of sheet aluminum. A tramsmitting layer of such a wall or the absorption layer thereof is a black layer of aluminum oxide containing Ag or Sn and formed unitarily on the aluminum sheet, e.g. by a chemical or electrochemical process.

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