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6911110 Thermally controlled solar reflector facet with heat recovery  
A high concentration central receiver system and method provides improved reflectors and a unique heat removal system. The central receiver has a plurality of interconnected reflectors coupled to a...
6688303 Method and system for controlling operation of an energy conversion device  
A method and system is described for controlling a solar collector. A microprocessor receives inputs from one or more sensors in the system and determines the level of operation of an energy...
6244264 Non-imaging optical illumination system  
A passive solar collector has a reflector or a plurality of reflectors in a tube that is in a partial vacuum and is entirely or partly transparent. An absorber collects light reflected by the...
6067982 Collection of solar radiation and its conversion into electrical power  
5404867 Solar collector venting system  
A solar collector venting system comprising a lower frame member with vents which allow the entrance of cooling air when high collector stagnation temperatures occur communicating with the natural...
5191875 High efficiency solar boiler  
A solar boiler of improved energy efficiency that includes a solar panel for receiving solar energy and converting a liquid to steam and a highly accurate tracking system to maintain the panel...
5143053 Solar collector tube plate  
The present invention provides an improved liquid conduit for a device such as a solar collector. A tube of stretchable material carries the liquid. A rigid elongate channel has side walls in...
5129387 Anti-ice buildup system for roof vents and the like  
The present invention provides apparatus for substantially preventing the formation of ice or frost in a pipe containing water in vapor or droplet form. The apparatus comprises means for gathering...
5125608 Photovoltaic panel support assembly  
Provided is a support assembly for mounting an array of photovoltaic panels to a support surface such as the ground. According to the invention, there is provided a plurality of front and rear...
5067475 Radiation shield  
A device for protecting the surfaces of objects from the effects of radiation, particularly highly concentrated solar radiation, is produced by utilizing the property of quartz glass not to absorb...
5058565 Solar concentrator device and support structure therefor  
A solar concentrator device is disclosed. The device includes a solar concentrating panel having a longitudinal axis and defining a parabolic surface having a focal line substantially parallel to...
4860730 Air-warming unit  
Apparatus for using solar energy to transport or heat the air within a structure is disclosed. The apparatus includes a chamber defined by a recipient element attached to a hull-like shaped...
4837986 Automatic skylight actuator  
The present invention relates to an automatic skylight actuator designed to be incorporated into a skylight of the type which may be actuated to open and closed positions through the use of an...
4791910 Solar heat collector  
A solar heat collector, in which an absorber plate is located in a box member provided at one surface thereof with a transparent sheet, being of such an arrangement that the absorber plate has been...
4770162 Solar energy collecting system  
In accordance with the present invention, an improved receiving surface, preferably a reflector surface and preferably of the parabolic trough type, for a radiant solar energy collector system...
4765309 Solar tracking device  
A solar tracking device for causing a solar collector to track the sun during the course of the day and for automatically reorienting the collector to the east at the end of the day. The device...
4717227 Solar ray collecting device including protective cover and filter  
A solar ray collecting device for use in space includes a heat-conductive supporting base plate provided with a large number of adjacent hexagonal recess portions, a large number of optical systems...
4690128 Insulated flexible bladder solar collector  
A solar collector for heating water consisting of an insulated housing having a darkened interior and a light transmitting top which preferably filters out solar rays in the UV range. The housing...
4678292 Curved structure and method for making same  
A plurality of thin flexible sheet ribs are secured to thin flexible sheet stringer members to form a distortable frame structure. One edge of the ribs lie in a curved surface such as a parabolic...
4672950 Method of and apparatus for protecting a halocline in a salt-water solar pond against the effects of wind  
A halocline in a salt-water solar pond is protected against the effect of wind by dividing the upper portion of the pond into essentially separate cells or units that are segregated, but without...
4656996 Solar collector  
A point focusing solar collector comprising at least one pair of segments bearing reflecting surfaces. The surfaces are mounted in such a manner that they form a paraboloidal surface. The segments...
4611575 Parabolic trough solar reflector  
A solar trough reflector structure using a single stressed reflector skin, parabolic shaped ribs, and members to structurally close the aperture develops high strength and stiffness from a minimum...
4604990 Collector means for solar energy collecting system  
In accordance with the present invention, an improved collector means for a solar energy collector system having an absorber plate and a glazing panel spaced from at least one side of the absorber...
4569330 Solar-energy collector that is protected against corrosion  
A solar-energy collector has an absorber (2) which is located in a closed space which communicates with a container (10) of variable volume through a pipeline. In order to prevent aging, oxidation...
4515148 Cylindro-parabolical solar energy collector  
This collector comprises a reflector (1) formed by a plurality of reflecting elements (6) engaged between consecutive frames (2). Each of the frames is formed by two members (7) moulded from Zanak...
4513732 Passive integral solar heat collector system  
The present invention relates to an improved apparatus for collecting, absorbing, transferring, and storing solar heat energy, economically and passively, without pumps or electric power. The...
4512336 Panel of vapor generating and superheating tubes  
A tube panel having both vapor generating and superheating tubes. At least two parallel vapor generating tubes are spaced apart to provide a gap therebetween. A superheating tube is contiguous with...
4508426 Locking means for solar collector  
A locking mechanism for holding reflector elements of a solar collector array in a position protected from high wind and storm damage including locking bar means mounted between and rotating with...
4505262 Passive solar heated system  
A passive solar water heater includes a heat exchanger having concentric pipes for providing heat transfer by convective, counterflow action. The inner pipe includes reducer elements at each end....
4502466 Protective shield for a solar energy concentrator  
A solar energy concentrator may be provided with a cone made of a stainless steel wire mesh which is movable between two positions--one in which insolation is unaffected and one in which the cone...
4498262 Solar shield assembly  
An assembly for shielding a concrete structure from solar radiation comprising a plurality of heat-reflective, heat-insulative panels suspended above the surface of the concrete. The surface of the...
4493940 Sunlight-into-energy conversion apparatus  
The present application discloses a sunlight-into-electrical and thermal energy conversion apparatus wherein a heat collecting plate fitted with a heating medium tube and solar cells is contained...
4493313 Parabolic trough solar collector  
A parabolic trough solar collector using reflective flexible materials is disclosed. A parabolic cylinder mirror is formed by stretching a flexible reflecting material between two parabolic end...
4488540 Solar heating system, and improved heat collecting and radiating components, for livestock-confining buildings  
A system for heating a building adapted to confine animals includes a solar collector, means for storing the heat absorbed by the collector and heat radiating floor mats which use such heat. The...
4478210 Solar heating system  
A self-cooling solar forced air heating collector module, and method of constructing a plurality of the same in modularized array from standarized components, for a solar heating system. The...
4477145 Sunlight collecting and concentrating apparatus  
A sunlight collecting and concentrating apparatus having a capsule enclosing lenses for collecting sunlight and a sensor for detecting changes in the sun's azimuth and altitude. The sunlight and...
4474172 Solar water heating panel  
The present invention discloses a solar water heating panel and method of constructing such a solar panel from a pair of thin sheets bonded together around their peripheral edges and having at...
4458669 Building heating system  
A building heat collection, storage and exchange system adapted for use with a solar collector, and featuring a specially designed heat storage tank. The closed system contains both liquid and gas,...
4448187 Device for heating absorbent surfaces within an enclosed space with solar thermal radiation  
A device for reflecting solar thermal radiation through an easterly-westerly oriented window having a reflecting surface (16) hinged (19), (19a) along the north side of the window in a manner which...
4440155 Solar concentrating lens and receiver  
A solar concentrating lens and receiver operating on azimuth and altitude axes according to the position of the sun and characterized by an array of elongated transparent slats spaced for...
4432342 Inflatable solar collector  
A solar collector comprises an upper transparent flexible cover and a lower eflectively metallized sheet, the upper cover and the lower sheet both being flexible and the space between them being...
4428358 Solar skylight  
A reflective shutter rotates within a skylight housing in such a fashion as to control solar energy thereby providing a combination of heating, lighting, and ventilation. The skylight housing has...
4422443 Solar collector  
A solar collector device for collecting and utilizing solar heat in conjunction with a solar heat distribution system comprising an elongated housing having a bottom wall, spaced opposed side...
4408595 Turret mounted solar concentrator with boom mounted secondary mirror or collector  
A solar energy concentrator/collector assembly employing an altitude-azimuth dual axis scanning mounting assembly including a base with a circular track for mounting the assembly for rotation about...
4396004 Venting means for solar collectors  
Venting means for solar collectors of the air flow type. An upper manifold has a gap formed by a top extending over and spaced above the upper end of the collector. An elongated inflatable tube is...
RE31321 Solar heating system  
A solar heating system. A roof mounted panel collects heat from the sun. The panel having an upper sunlight-absorbing surface. A translucent cover is mounted above the panel to protect it from the...
4378908 Reversible solar assisted heat pump  
Disclosed is a reversible, solar assisted heating system comprising an unglazed solar heat exchange panel, a storage tank, and a water source heat pump. In the heating mode, heat is collected from...
4378784 Solar heating system  
A solar heating system for preheating water which may be used in conjunction with an existing hot water heater. The use of potable water as the heating fluid renders the use of a heat exchanger...
4373512 Method and apparatus for protecting an arrangement located in an area of highly concentrated radiation  
Method and apparatus for the protection of an arrangement located in the region of highly-concentrated radiation, such as the radiation receiver of a solar tower project. Smoke cartridges forming a...
4372292 Method and apparatus for construction of a solar collector  
A solar collector apparatus and method for a collector adapted to be mounted on a structure and connected to supply and discharge of fluid to be heated by the collector is disclosed, comprising a...
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