Solar energy absorber
US4763641A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 6, 1987 |
| Grant date | Aug 16, 1988 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 6, 2007 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S126/908
- WIPO fieldThermal processes and apparatus
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A solar energy absorber module having a molded top sheet of translucent plastic material and a molded bottom sheet of solar absorbing plastic material bonded together by circular bond indentations in the body thereof spaced from each other a distance equal to the diameter of the circular bond thereby forming a plurality of convex lens-like elliptical sites for augmentation of solar energy and a plurality of longitudinal tortuous sinusoidal channels in communication with a header at each end of the module for passage of working fluid therethrough.
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