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6014967 Operating method for a solar collector plant, and control unit for a liquid pump in a solar collector plant  
5551991 Compact solar energy collector  
Compact solar energy collector that incorporates into the same housing the collector itself and an accumulator in the shape of a parallelepiped and divided by walls to better withstand water...
4964395 Apparatus and method for a solar radiation water heater  
A solar water heater has a plurality of generally triangularly shaped panels, the panels being assembled in a pyramidal or prism shaped structure on top of a base structure. Each panel includes a...
4781173 Evaporating device and electric supply station provided with such an evaporating device  
An evaporating device comprises sets of solar heating units of a type having an insulated oblong room provided at the top with a slit, a mirror structure mounted on said room and a pipe extending...
4621613 Pool and spa heating and cooling  
The efficiency with which the water in pools and spas may be heated is greatly improved by circulating water through a heat exchanger such that heated water is introduced at or near the lowest...
4601282 Automatic solar collector system  
An automatic solar collector system useful for heating and storing a heating fluid such as, for example, water. The automatic solar collector system of this invention is characterized by its...
4601281 Hot water supply system  
A system for supplying hot water into a dwelling or the like. The system includes a continuous circulating hydraulic loop for distribution to fixtures and heat exchange units. A storage circuit is...
4566430 Sun heating equipment  
The outlet of the collectors is connected to the inlet thereof by means of a line in which are mounted the primary part of a heat exchanger condenser, a vacuum pump, a venting cylinder, and a...
4508102 Heat collection, dissipation and storage  
Heat collection and dissipation are provided utilizing a roofing system having a support sheet with an upstanding edge around its periphery and a pair of water impermeable membranes disposed in the...
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....
4474169 Solar heat collector control device  
A control arrangement particularly useful in solar heat collecting systems utilizing a heat transfer medium which is heated during circulation through first and second solar collectors and emitted...
4454865 Liquid metal solar power system  
A solar power system for cogenerating heat and electricity is disclosed. An improved solar collector includes a transparent reflector envelope through which a reflective liquid metal such as...
4454862 Warmer apparatus for horticulture facilities utilizing solar heat  
A heat exchange apparatus which utilizes the solar heat, hot spring water or underground water comprises a cylindrical main body, an internal cylinder placed in the main body, a blower provided in...
4452232 Solar heat boiler  
A boiler receiving solar heat from an array of reflectors arranged to concentrate the heat radiated from the sun on a small surface inside said boiler. The heated surface of the boiler being...
4409959 Solar energy water preheat system  
A passive thermosiphon loop of circulating heat transport liquid transfers heat from an inclined absorber to a heat exchanger in thermal contact with a second fluid. Reverse thermosiphoning under...
4397301 Method of controlling a solar system collector loop  
In a solar system collector loop, having a solar collector with an absorber plate, a heat storage unit and a pump for circulating a fluid between the collector and the storage unit, the stagnation...
4381763 Low cost, low pressure, solar heated fence surrounding a swimming pool  
A vertical, post and panel fence substantially surrounds a swimming pool, at about ground level, the posts extending downwardly into sockets and the fence barring entry to animals or children while...
4376436 Household hot water systems  
An arrangement for combination with the conventional hot water system of a house or building in which the water is conventionally heated and stored in a tank, the arrangement comprising a solar...
4309986 Solar heater  
A self-pumping solar liquid heating system which includes two solar collectors, a high temperature collector for generating vapor which expands and pumps fluid through the system, and a separate...
4296730 Control system for a solar steam generator  
A once-through solar steam generator assembly (16) is controlled by a control system wherein the outlet temperature of superheated steam from two independent boiler flow paths (1-12; 1'-12') is...
4291674 Processes and devices for climatizing greenhouses  
The object of the invention consists of processes and devices which make it possible to vary the opacity of the covering of a greenhouse in order to maintain within the latter a luminosity which is...
4286575 Solar heat system  
A solar air heating system for circulating heated air from a solar collector or a heat storage unit, or both in proportion to heat available from the collector, through a control chamber to an...
4275709 System of solar heating by means of fan radiators with fluid circuit and without storage  
A system of solar heating by means of fan radiators with a fluid circuit and without storage includes solar panels or collectors connected in series. The solar circuit feeds a heat exchanger, the...
4265223 Method and apparatus for utilizing solar energy  
A process and system are provided for economic utilization of solar energy. Solar energy is absorbed and converted to thermal energy by means of at least two systems, operating in different...
4249518 Method for maintaining a correct density gradient in a non-convecting solar pond  
The present invention resides in a method and apparatus for maintaining a substantially constant salt density gradient in a non-convecting salt gradient pond. The apparatus for carrying out the...
4249513 Solar collector  
A solar collector unit comprises a body of rigid thermally insulating material having a surface in the shape of about half a cylindrical parabola, the parabolic surface being provided with a...
4232657 System for use with solar collector  
A system is provided for use with a solar collector. The system includes a water storage tank having a heat exchange element mounted therein, the tank being connected to one or more solar...
4227515 Dual phase solar water heater  
A solar energy conversion apparatus having two phases of operation which, in one phase, absorbs thermal energy from sunlight incident on the device, and in a second phase, absorbs energy from air...
4224924 Solar collector for fluid heating system  
A solar collector for use in either an upfeed forced hot water heating system or a downfeed system features a pair of serpentine coils arranged in opposing flow relationship within a shallow...
4219008 Method and apparatus for solar heating and shading  
For use with a building having a transparent wall, a method, and a solar energy collection apparatus for performing the method, is provided by which the temperature and amount of sunlight within...
4209007 Solar heating system, and control devices therefor  
This invention is directed towards a low-cost solar heating system, or apparatus, which has substantially increased energy efficiency over fixed flow systems. The apparatus of this invention...
4192454 Solar heated building structure  
A solar heated building structure comprising an exterior shell including side walls and a roof section with the major portion of the roof section comprised of light transmitting panels or panes of...
4187831 Self contained solar heating supplemental unit  
This specification discloses a self contained solar heating supplemental unit characterized by solar collector; a mast carrying a solar collector above the earth's surface; a dual function base...
4182309 Control circuit for solar energy heating systems  
A control circuit for a solar energy heating system comprising a pair of thermistors connected in series across a source of electrical power and respectively disposed to be responsive to fluid...
4177795 Triggering device responsive to energy flow and controlled solar heating system incorporating the device  
A device, and controlled solar heating system incorporating the device, for providing an electrical control signal responsive to the rate of flow of species of radiant energy through an area. The...
4165733 Solar energy collector system  
A solar energy collector system including at least one heat exchange panel posessing a system of internal tubular passageways defining opposed headers connected by connecting portions of said...
4160444 Omnidirectional heat pipe  
A wickless heat pipe assembly comprising a pair of conduits each having a vaporization region at one end and a condensing region at the other. The vaporization regions are configured to prevent the...
4148295 Horizontally mounted solar collector  
A horizontally mounted solar collector for collecting solar energy utilizing a vertical deflector assembly, a stationary reflector and a collector. The deflector assembly contains a plurality of...
4137900 Solar heating system  
A solar heating system including a specially designed tank divided into zones in which heat is stored in water, the hottest water in each zone rising to the top thereof by convection. A solar flow...
4134544 Solar heating system  
Solar energy warms liquid in a storage container. To warm a home or other structure or apparatus, a pump circulates liquid through radiators or other heat exchangers from storage when stored solar...
4129120 Heating and ventilation system  
A heating system comprises a container having at least one heat absorbent surface, and at least one heat transmissive surface disposed so as to transmit solar heat to the internal surface. The...
4109639 Solar heating system  
The heating system includes a solar energy collector and a tank. Water circulation is controlled normally in a proportional mode using a pump which is turned on intermittently for a duration...
4102325 Temperature control in solar-to-thermal energy converters  
Solar-to-thermal energy converter comprising an insulated frame, a solar energy absorber mounted in the frame, a fluid flow heat exchange means thermally coupled to the absorber to carry away as...
4102328 Solar heating and control system  
A solar energy collector panel has inlet and outlet header tubes provided with longitudinal slots which terminate short of ends of the header tubes and the ends of a matrix panel extend into those...
4056093 Solar heater  
A solar heating unit is provided including an upwardly opening generally hemispherical double wall boiler including spaced inner and outer hemispherical walls defining a closed chamber therebetween...
4052000 Solar energy augmented water heating system  
Solar energy is utilized to augment the heater of a water heating system, such as a domestic hot water system, having a water storage and heating tank by conducting water to the tank through a...
4031880 Method and device for collecting solar energy  
In a system of stationary collectors which are connected together in series and differently oriented with respect to the sun, a heat-transporting fluid is circulated from the collector which is...
4029258 Solar energy collector  
A metal collector plate with black paint on its face is mounted in a heat insulated space with a dual pane transparent member transmitting solar rays to the face of the plate. The front face of the...
4017028 Temperature differential sensing and control device  
Expansion of a fluid on increase in temperature is used to control a switch or other control output device. In one construction, two fixed quantities of fluid, separated by a flexible diaphragm,...
3985117 Solar sensor-heater  
A solar sensor-heater comprising a fluid conduit coiled about a black body enclosed in an insulated container. One side of the container is transparent to allow solar radiation to impinge upon the...
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