Patent · US Expired

Method and apparatus for preheating ventilation air for a building

US4899728A · kind A · utility

17Cited by

3References

8Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Solarwall International Limited · GB

Inventors

Rolf Peter · Dormagen, DE
John C. Hollick · King City, CA

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 27, 1989
Grant date	Feb 13, 1990
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 27, 2009

Classification

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

Abstract

Ventilation air for a building is preheated by providing on a south-facing wall a solar-energy absorbent collector panel with a plurality of air-inlet openings which communicate with air collection channels behind the panel. Outside air passing upwardly along the panel is heated by the heat of the panel which itself is heated by a combination of solar radiation and heat being lost from the interior of the building. The outside air, passing upwardly a short distance along the panel to the closest air inlet opening, is withdrawn therethrough into the air collection channel and expelled into the interior of the building.

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