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4128204 Inhabitable enclosure and methods relating thereto  
An environmentally conditioned enclosure adapted for human habitation and construction methods relating to same. A foundation comprised of thermally insulative material provides support for a...
4127973 Solar-heated concrete slab building structure  
A concrete slab forming a part of the building structure foundation is thermally insulated about its periphery from the ground upon which it resides from the ground surface to below the ground...
4127104 Solar heater for water and the like  
An improved, portable, inexpensive solar heater for water and similar liquids. The heater comprises a tank triangular in transverse cross section, the hypotenuse of the triangular shape being...
4125946 Apparatus for drying clothes using solar energy  
Apparatus for drying clothes does not require use of gas or electrical energy for generation of heat. A solar collector is used for regeneration of a desiccant, the desiccant being utilized for...
4126122 Solar hot water booster and exchanger for use therein  
A solar powered heater system which may be employed to preheat water in or prior to delivery to a conventional hot water heater. The solar powered heater system includes a heat exchanger which is...
4125107 Universal differential thermostat for solar heating system  
A thermostat or controller for controlling water circulation in a solar heating system is disclosed as including a resistant bridge circuit with a solar panel temperature responsive resistance and...
4124061 Thermal energy storage unit  
A thermal storage unit comprising a bed of particulate solid material, a liquid situated in heat-exchanging relation with said bed and cooperating with said bed to define a liquid-solid system...
4124018 Solar heat collecting, storing and utilizing apparatus  
Solar heat collecting, storing and utilizing apparatus which comprises a solar collector and a thermal capacitor in which the capacitor provides a means of dense storage of solar heat, at a...
4122828 Solar energy collector for direct air heating  
A solar energy heat collector and use system wherein heat is directly absorbed into a moving column of air and stored in the structure thereof dependent upon the availability of solar radiation and...
4123219 Chemical storage of radiant energy  
A method for the chemical storage of radiant energy in which substituted naphthalenes undergo photochemical dimerization by exposure to radiant energy to form...
4121566 Sonia system  
For use in heating or cooling a building, there is provided a solar energy collecting system which includes a solar energy collecting device comprising a trough having internal surfaces for...
4121563 Fuel saving furnace improvement  
A fuel saving improvement in conventional home, commercial and public building heating furnaces comprising the inclusion of heat absorbing members such as stones on rod mesh trays in the normally...
4119556 Thermal energy storage material comprising mixtures of sodium, potassium and magnesium chlorides  
Storage of thermal energy in a ternary mixture of salts which comprises from 22.5 to 26.5 weight percent of sodium chloride, from 18.5 to 22.5 weight percent of potassium chloride and from 53.0 to...
4119086 Storage tank assembly  
A storage tank divided into three liquid-tight compartments. The end compartments are liquid storage compartments and are separated by a central non-liquid holding or "dry" compartment fitted with...
4116379 Heating apparatus  
A domestic heating system that utilizes heat collectors such as solar collectors or fireplace heat collectors, and effectively transfers the heat from these collectors for storage or useage without...
4116219 Differential thermostatic controller for solar heating system  
A controller for a solar heating system includes a differential thermostat which responds to a preselected temperature differential between fluid in a solar collector and in a storage tank to...
4114600 Thermal storage and heat transfer system and method  
A thermal storage and heat transfer system for use with a solar energy heat collector comprising a tank having a plurality of temperature zones therein each zone having, preferably, a plurality of...
4111189 Combined solar radiation collector and thermal energy storage device  
A solar energy device for collecting solar radiation, converting the radiation to thermal energy and storing the thermal energy, and a process for manufacturing of same.
4111185 Solar heating system  
Disclosed herein is a heat exchange unit which includes a multiplicity of liquid containers, a supporting structure therefor. Enclosure is provided around the containers with duct means to...
4109702 Energy storage and retrieval as heat  
Energy is stored by heating a salt to a temperature above its latent heat of fusion to convert the salt to a liquid state. Heat is retrieved by moving a heat transfer fluid that is immiscible with...
4108374 Heat storage water tank  
A heat storage tank suitable for solar house heating systems. The tank includes a rigidly supported bottom panel covered with a layer of stones of substantially uniform size which are bonded...
4106692 Heating system with reserve thermal storage capacity  
A space heating system having a low inertia (low mass and low water content) boiler and a larger heated water storage tank providing a bank of hot water (hereafter called the heat bank) and a...
4105014 Catalytic extraction of stored solar energy from photochemicals  
Acid and base catalyst substances are employed in the photochemical process for collection and retrieval of solar energy wherein a lower energy level isomer (e.g. trans-isomer) of a photochemical...
4104185 Latent heat accumulator  
A heat accumulator in which the heat-energy storage medium consists essentially of a potassium fluoride-water system having a potassium fluoride content between 44 and 48% by weight.
4103825 Solar heated and cooled dwelling  
Solar heated or cooled dwelling in which attic is divided into upper and lower interconnected plenums. Air is heated in upper plenum by solar radiation, and is conveyed to rooms of dwelling, while...
4100091 Process and means for absorbing and releasing thermal energy by utilizing the allothopic change of endo-5-norbornene-2, 3-dicarboxylic acid anhydride with heat  
Thermal energy, in particular, solar energy is absorbed and released by utilizing the allotropic change of endo-5-norbornene-2,3-dicarboxylic acid anhydride with heat. The thermal energy is...
4099558 Method of heat accumulation and a thermal accumulator for the application of said method  
A heat-transporting fluid F is passed over a material C having a high latent heat of fusion and in direct contact therewith so that the fluid and the material exchange heat at a temperature close...
4095585 Solar energy collector with on site storage  
In a solar energy collector with on site storage, the storage unit is contuted of two insulating panels and, between them, a structure formed of two corrugated walls which are joined on one part of...
4095584 Solar heating system  
A solar heating system which includes a heat accumulating structure and a heat storage pit. A roof of the heat accumulating structure includes a backing board and a corrugated metal plate mounted...
4094302 Furnace with heat storage elements  
A furnace, for example of the home-heating type, has heat storage elements located in a combustion gas chamber of the furnace, the heat storage elements being placed in a path of flow of combustion...
4088183 Thermal energy storage tank  
A thermal energy storage tank charged with a phase changeable thermal energy storage material produces a partial pressure variation due to the flow of a heat transfer medium, when passing through...
4088266 Method and apparatus for collecting, storing and transmitting solar heat  
A self-contained apparatus for collecting, storing and transmitting solar heat includes an elongated rectangular insulated housing in which a quantity of heat retaining material is confined and a...
4086958 Heat exchange method and apparatus including two non-mixable media  
Heat exchange method and apparatus are disclosed which include the use of o non-mixable media of different temperatures that are brought in direct contact with each other to effect the transfer of...
4082143 Solar energy  
Simplicity is the height of invention. In the present invention, a plurality of containers provide for heat storage in water or other fluids, plus heat storage in heat-of-fusion heat storage...
4077464 Cooling system for buildings  
A combined heating and cooling system for a building is described. The system includes a heating circuit and a cooling circuit. The circuits are coupled to heat energy storage reservoirs. Each...
4077390 Reusable heat pack containing supercooled solution and means for activating same  
A heat pack is made by enclosing supercoolable aqueous sodium acetate solution together with a metallic activator strip in a sealed, flexible container. The activator strip is a flexible metal...
4076013 Solar heating system  
A solar heating system for a building consists of a stressed-skin roof structure which includes at least one layer formed of longitudinally extended channel-shaped beam members, wherein each beam...
4073284 Process and device for utilizing meteorological radiations  
In a process or a device for receiving or emitting solar energy a coating absorbing or emitting the sunlight is in thermally conductive communication with a crystalline storage mass having a phase...
4071079 Heat-storage unit and system  
A heat storage unit using salt or a salt mixture. Heat is extracted from the unit by converting water to steam and a series of pipes is provided extending to different depths in the salt. The pipes...
4071016 Solar energy collecting apparatus  
The specification and drawings disclose an apparatus for collecting incident solar radiation and using it to heat a fluid such as air. The disclosed apparatus comprises a housing having a generally...
4071077 Heating system for building  
A combined heating and cooling system for a building is described. The system includes a heating circuit and a cooling circuit. The circuits are coupled to heat energy storage reservoirs. Each...
4069971 Solar air conditioning system  
A building structure is provided with a conventional air conditioning unit and a solar energized air heater unit. Heated air is drawn from the solar unit and discharged into the structure in...
4064931 Fusion-type thermal storage accumulator with discharging apparatus  
Apparatus and method for thermally discharging a heat storage accumulator containing a fusible storage substance the density of which is greater in the solid state than in the liquid state where...
4064867 Solar heat collector  
A solar heat collector having an enclosure, a first receptacle for a heated liquid medium, and a second receptacle for a cooled liquid medium. Heat transfer means within the enclosure provide for...
4063546 Heat store and installation for the utilization of solar energy  
A heat accumulator is provided which has a heat exchanger embedded in a crystalline substance and has a maximum operating temperature greater than the melting point of the crystalline substance....
4062347 Solar heating system  
A system is disclosed for using solar energy to heat the interior of a structure. The system utilizes a low-cost solar collector to heat a recirculating air mass which then flows through a series...
4061129 Solar furnace heating system  
A solar furnace heating system is disclosed which is characterized by the provision of novel rotary vane-type heat collector elements arranged in a heat collecting chamber beneath the generally...
4061267 Solar heating system and operation thereof  
A solar heating system, using a pebble bed as a heat storage, includes an auxiliary heater, providing heat for the system and/or for the pebble bed during times of low solar heat accumulation and...
4059226 Heat collector and storage chamber  
A solar energy heat collector and storage chamber is provided with fixed side, rear, top, and bottom walls. A glass front wall permits sun rays to pass inwardly therethrough to heat rock pieces and...
4055055 Thermosiphonic boiler  
A thermosiphonic boiler with two mutually communicating water containers, one above the other, said containers housing water volumes being thermically insulated from the surroundings of the boiler...
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