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7552759 Loop-type heat exchange device  
A loop-type heat exchange device ( 10 ) is disclosed, which includes an evaporator ( 20 ), a condenser ( 40 ), a vapor conduit ( 30 ) and a liquid conduit ( 50 ). The evaporator contains therein a...
7412976 Solar collectors with evacuated receiver and nonimaging external reflectors  
A solar collector with external reflector. A solar collector includes a glass housing having a heat pipe disposed within the housing and a light reflector disposed external to the housing.
6668555 Solar receiver-based power generation system  
A solar receiver system ( 10 ) has a solar receiver ( 12 ) that receives sun rays ( 14 ) directed thereto. The receiver ( 12 ) has a heat pipe ( 26 ) having working fluid ( 38 ) therein. The first...
6655375 Solar thermoaccumulator  
A solar thermoaccumulator, including a parallel battery of closed-circuit vacuum solar pipes, and provided with a plurality of accumulation bulbs, which are either immersed in a primary conductive...
6047697 Solar collector  
A solar collector comprising an evacuation envelope; an absorber housed inside the evacuated envelope and comprising plates which define an evaporation gap, the evaporation gap providing...
5931156 Integral heat-pipe type solar collector  
A heat-pipe type solar collector includes a heat absorber portion adapted to absorb solar energy to evaporate a working fluid in heat tube elements; and a heat release portion communicating with...
5685289 Heat storage device  
A two layer system for heat energy capture and storage with an upper or lower layer for heat extracting and the other layer for heat transfer. Either layer can function as a phase change material....
5586549 Combined solar and gas heater  
The apparatus is a hybrid solar collector which permits heating by both solar energy and fossil fuels. The hollow solar collector structure acts as the vapor space for a heat pipe for which the...
5524381 Solar heated building designs for cloudy winters  
A building including high efficiency transparent insulation and optical shutter solar collector (HETIOSSC) to effectively control heat loss and gain in a passively-solar climate control system....
5513696 Passive temperature regulating system for a building  
A passive temperature regulating system (2) for heating and cooling a structure (8) exposed to extreme temperatures. The system comprises a thermally conductive exterior wall, such as a roof (6),...
5465708 Trough-shaped collector  
A trough-shaped collector for solar radiation for steam generation. A trough-shaped mirror extending in a longitudinal direction receives and reflects radiation onto an absorber line enclosing...
5351488 Solar energy generator  
A system for coupling a plurality of solar powered bubble pumps in series is described. By controlling the boiling temperature of the circulating fluid contained in the system, the flow of liquid...
5348622 Solar water purification device  
This disclosure relates to an improved solar water purification system and process wherein the evaporating, condensing and distillate collecting chambers are located underground to assist in the...
5281310 Sea water desalinating apparatus  
A solar apparatus such as a solar water heater or cooler comprising a cell which is partially transparent to the sun's rays and has an internal section formed by an assembly of two casing which...
5123247 Solar roof collector  
A solar roof collector comprising a plate collector with a plurality of transparent conduits to channel a thin film of water from an insulated reservoir in order to increase the temperature of...
4947825 Solar concentrator - radiator assembly  
A combined solar concentrator and radiator assembly (10) is provided in a relatively lightweight and compact geometry adapted particularly for use in electrical power generation systems in space....
4856281 Solar power plant and still  
A solar power plant and still is disclosed in which a heat source for a Rankine Cycle engine is provided by a shallow pond which is covered by a sheet of suitable material, i.e., plastic; and which...
4830100 Heat-pipe device and heat-sink device  
A heat-pipe device for transferring heat generated by a heat-generating element, having at least one heat-pipe body which is an extrudate of plate-like configuration made of aluminum or its alloy,...
4790477 Solar heating  
The invention relates to a space heating system comprising an air cooled solar collector, a heat store, air ducting, a forced draught mechanism valves, auxiliary heating means and a control system....
4785633 Solar evaporator  
A solar evaporator for use with Stirling engines consisting of a dish shape hollow body having wicking containing a vaporizable liquid heating medium. The body has a pair of separate chambers to...
4761840 Portable toilet cabana  
In connection with a portable toilet cabana or the like, a solar powered system for regulating the temperature of a supply of clean water such that drinking temperature water and hand washing...
4715183 Dual source external heating system for a heat pipe  
An external heating system for a heat engine such as a Stirling cycle engine which permits thermal energy to be provided by solar energy or fuel combustion sources. The system employs a complexly...
4686961 Integrated solar thermal energy collector system  
The solar thermal collector system of this invention consists of an evacuated glass solar collector, a heat storage system, and a tubular heat pipe system to transfer heat from the evacuated glass...
4662354 Heating and/or cooking device using solar energy  
A device to be used for space heating and/or cooking comprises a solar collector connected via an inclined heat pipe to a heat store. A thermal load, in the form of a heat-emitting plate, either is...
4658805 Thermo-hydraulic power supply  
A radiant energy utilization device including an aiming detector sensing the relative angle of radiation received and outputting signals in accordance therewith to control aiming of the device or...
4653471 Solar heat collector  
A heat pipe for a solar heat collector in which a header pipe is brought into fixed surface contact with a heat-radiation portion of the heat pipe formed of a heat-conductive material. A plurality...
4619243 Apparatus for the capture and transfer of radiation energy such as solar radiation  
Solar heat is transferred to water by a relatively volatile liquid that flows in closed circuit. The water is thermally insulated from the sunlight. The volatile liquid is drawn by a thermosiphon...
4598695 Solar boiler or energy storage apparatus  
Catastrophic failure of a solar boiler or energy storage device adapted for use in space is avoided in a structure including a housing having a generally cylindrical interior wall with a solar...
4546758 Solar-tower power station  
Solar-tower power plant, including a tower having a base and an upper end, an array of mirrors disposed around the base of the tower, a solar heater being disposed at the upper end of the tower and...
4539091 Electrodialysis desalination process and system for seawater  
An electrodialysis desalination process for seawater comprising the steps of collecting seawater and heating same by solar heat; subjecting seawater thus heated to electrodialysis; and separating...
4527618 Solar energy storage and distribution system with heat pump assist  
A thermal energy storage and transfer system includes solar energy collector means disposed to receive incident solar energy, thermal energy exchange means disposed in a utilization area, three...
4519384 Concentrating solar beam collector  
A solar heat collector which is constructed of a frame upon which are mounted a plurality of separate louvered panels. With the panels being mounted on the frame, the collector assumes a basic...
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...
4507936 Integral solar and heat pump water heating system  
A multi-mode water heating system wherein a capacity control mechanism is provide so that no additional heat source is required and via use of capacity control, either solar radiation energy or...
4505261 Modular passive solar heating system  
A modular passive solar energy storage system comprises a plurality of heat tubes which are arranged to form a flat plate solar collector and are releasably connected to a water reservoir by, and...
4498458 Solar heating panel  
A metal collector panel for use in a solar heating assembly of generally flat rectangular shape with a plurality of parallel channel members which run from the long edges of the panel and which act...
4498300 Dual purpose solar pond for evaporation and heat storage  
A solar pond serving the dual purposes of concentrating an aqueous brine by evaporation and simultaneously producing power by storage of incident solar radiation. The so-stored solar energy is used...
4491175 Method of connecting a plate-shaped absorber for solar heat to a tubular heat transport system  
There is provided a solar collector comprising a straight tubular metal heat pipe having an evaporator section and a condenser section. Two elongate metal absorber plates are longitudinally...
4488539 Solar collector unit  
Apparatus for collecting and transferring solar heat to a medium to be heated comprises a heat pipe having an evaporator part and a condenser part; a solar heat absorber plate in thermally...
4484567 Heat recovery glazing  
A double glazing assembly for a heat extraction system comprises a pair of transparent panels 4,5 and 7,8 in parallel spaced-apart relationship which define a cavity 20 between them. A pair of...
4483322 Water heating apparatus  
A water heating apparatus comprising a refrigerant loop for natural circulation which includes a hot water storage tank for holding water to be heated, a heat collecting plate for collecting solar...
4465059 Hot water heating system  
A solar hot water heating system has a primary tank heated by solar energy utilizing a heat transfer medium circulated between a solar collector and a heat exchanger located in the primary tank....
4455998 Solar collector  
There is provided a solar collector comprising an evacuated transparent envelope having an absorber arranged therewithin. A duct containing a heat-transport medium is arranged at least partially...
4444249 Three-way heat pipe  
A three-way heat pipe configured in a generally Y-shape having a condenser-evaporator or heat-sink end, an evaporator arm and a condenser arm. In addition to conventional internal pumping the heat...
4438759 Heat-pipe type solar water heater  
A heat-pipe type solar collector comprises as its principal portion a plurality of heat pipes arranged in parallel with each other and having vaporizing portions and condensing portions, and a...
4421100 Thermosyphon heat pipe hot water appliance  
A thermosyphon heat pipe hot water appliance combines a solar collector with a heat reservoir wherein fluid vaporized in the collector transfers latent heat to reservoir fluid, for re-transfer to...
4421099 Solar collector  
There is provided a solar collector comprising a heat pipe having an evaporator section and a condenser section, together with an absorber plate thermally conductively connected to the evaporator...
4416261 Solar collector comprising an absorber plate which exchanges heat with the evaporator section of a heat pipe  
There is provided a solar collector comprising a metal heat pipe having an evaporator section and a condenser section. A metal tube is spaced from and surrounds the evaporator section, one end of...
4397152 Solar furnace  
A solar furnace electricity generating system is provided herein. It includes a concentrator and accumulator for the sun's rays to generate a concentrated high temperature solar beam. A heat hearth...
4392007 Solar generator providing electricity and heat  
The invention relates to a support for at least one photovoltaic cell, comprising at least one block made of heat-conducting material with which said cell is in close thermal contact. According to...
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