Heat collector with solar cell and passive solar apparatus
US6018123A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 26, 1996 |
| Grant date | Jan 25, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 26, 2016 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02E10/60
- WIPO fieldThermal processes and apparatus
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A solar cell module is provided at the position of a heat collecting plate inside a heat collector, at the position of its window member or at the position of its bottom plate. With such constitution, a hybrid system can be achieved in which the hot air can be led into a house while maintaining the performance of solar cells making use of amorphous silicon semiconductors. In the case where solar cells are provided at the position of the heat collecting plate, a resin used as a filler has so high a thermal resistance that the heat conduction to the air may be insufficient to make it impossible to obtain hot air having a sufficiently high temperature. To solve this problem, the solar cell module is made to have a smaller thermal resistance on the non-light-receiving side than the thermal resistance on the light-receiving side.
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