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Vacuum solar collector

US4881521A · kind A · utility

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20Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateOct 5, 1988
Grant dateNov 21, 1989
Priority date
Expiry dateOct 5, 2008

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY02E10/44
  • WIPO fieldThermal processes and apparatus
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

In a vacuum solar collector comprising a seamless deep-drawn trough (1) which contains an absorber (9) and conduits (12, 13) for a heat transport medium and comprises an edge (4) on which a radiation-permeable pane (7) rests which covers the trough and which is supported over its area by spaced support elements (17) bearing in turn on the trough bottom (3), it is provided that the trough bottom (3) is made corrugated.

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