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| 20090025710 | Solar panel - A solar panel includes a circumferential upstanding rim defining a cavity therein. An insulating layer is mounted in the cavity and extends substantially completely across the cavity. A metal heat-exchanger sheet is overlaid onto the insulating layer and substantially entirely covers said insulating layer. A light-transmissive sheet overlays the heat exchanger sheet and is mounted to the rim. An array of fluid transmission tubes are mounted to the heat-exchanger sheet by welding closed of channels in the sheet so as to tightly encase the tubes in the channels. The fluid transmission tubes conduct a flow of heat-exchanger fluid in a heat exchange circuit. | 01-29-2009 |
| 20090194095 | SOLAR AIR-HEATING SYSTEM - A roof-mounted solar air-heating system containing a solar absorber with at least one air manifold integrated structurally with the solar absorber to effect improved heat transfer efficiency and airspeed. The improved airspeed in combination with integrated air entrance and exit tubes improves solar-heated air displacement and temperature de-stratification in buildings without need for tie-in to other ventilation equipment. | 08-06-2009 |
| 20100229852 | Solar energy module - A low cost mass-produced solar module that extracts both electricity and heat from the sun. One or more reflectors held by a frame reflect the sun's heat into an absorber. Each reflector rotates about its axle to keep its reflected solar energy focused on the absorber. In one embodiment, solar heat is focused to heat fluid that flows to thermodynamic engines that convert the heat to electricity. Engine waste heat is also captured for use as building heat, home hot water or industrial process heat. In another embodiment, solar heat is focused onto photovoltaic devices that directly convert light into electricity. The fluid that cools the photovoltaic devices can be used for building heat, home hot water or industrial process heat. The frame shields the reflectors from ambient wind loads, supports reflector axles accurately and simplifies installation on roofs or walls of buildings. The frame, reflectors, absorber and ancillary components comprise a module that can be shipped, installed and operated by low skill. Most components are fabricated using “double wall” construction formed by two face sheets held apart by a core that reduces their weight and their cost. Reflector surfaces are curved to focus the sun and to provide additional strength. Module design includes methods to install, maintain and verify proper functioning of the modules. In addition, methods show how electrical energy can be derived from the module, both circulating fluids that power thermodynamic engines and by photovoltaic cells that are cooled by the circulating fluid. Sensors contained in the modules detect aberrant behavior and optimize reflector trajectories to extract the most solar heat available. Communication between modules allows optimization of an array of modules. | 09-16-2010 |
| 20100300431 | RADIATION HEAT COLLECTION DEVICE - This invention relates to a device that comprises at least one collection unit ( | 12-02-2010 |
| 20100313875 | HIGH TEMPERATURE SOLAR SELECTIVE COATINGS - Improved solar collectors ( | 12-16-2010 |
| 20110146666 | LIGHTWEIGHT STRUCTURE VACUUM SOLAR THERMAL PANEL - Vacuum solar thermal panel comprising a vacuum envelope defining a sealed volume, able to withstand atmospheric pressure when evacuated, said vacuum envelope comprising a first plate made of glass, a second plate facing the first plate, a perimeter frame disposed between the first and second plate close to their edge, a metallic perimeter belt joining the perimeter frame to the first plate, a plurality of spaced apart bearing elements disposed against the edges of the first and second plate, a plurality of traction rods joining said bearing elements with said perimeter frame to pull the perimeter frame toward the bearing elements, in order to limit the deformation of the perimeter frame under the external atmospheric pressure, when the envelope is evacuated. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110168166 | Outdoor solar collector and interrated display panel - A solar collector panel which can also be utilized to display information and/or images and/or messages and having an external frame, with a transparent upper panel securely positioned within the frame. A lower panel is positioned within the frame and spaced in relation to the upper panel so as to provide a closed chamber between the upper panel and the lower panel, an upper surface of the lower panel having applied thereon heat conversion means for converting solar radiation to heat energy, the heat conversion means providing thereon information, an image or message which is visible above the upper surface of the upper panel. A back panel is positioned within the frame, so as to define a closed volume of air space between the lower panel and the back panel through which air may flow. Intake and exhaust pipes introduce air into the frame, and transfer heated air from the frame. | 07-14-2011 |
| 20110214668 | GLASS SOLAR RECEIVER WITH BIFURCATED ANNULUS RESPONSIVE TO THERMAL DIMENSIONAL CHANGES - A solar power conversion receiver is described. In one aspect, the solar power conversion receiver includes a circular glass envelope and an absorber tube encapsulated within the circular glass envelope. An annulus, positioned between the circular glass envelope and the outer perimeter of the absorber tube, is bifurcated by first and second fins operatively coupled to the circular glass envelope and the absorber tube. These fins create first and second annulus compartments that are substantially sealed off, or independent, from one another. The first and second fins are ductile and responsive to expansion and contraction of components in the solar power conversion receiver due to temperature effects. In one aspect, gas in the lower annulus compartment stratifies with cooler gas interfacing with the encapsulating glass envelope, and hotter gas interfacing with the hotter absorber tube, resulting reduced natural convection heat loss as compared to conventional glass encapsulated receivers. | 09-08-2011 |
| 20110283994 | SOLAR COLLECTOR (EMBODIMENTS) AND A METHOD FOR PRODUCING A SOLAR COLLECTOR ENCLOSURE - This invention relates to solar engineering. The solar collector, which comprises a closed enclosure and an absorber | 11-24-2011 |
| 20110297143 | MULTI-TUBE SOLAR COLLECTOR STRUCTURE - A collector system ( | 12-08-2011 |
| 20110315137 | SOLAR THERMAL COLLECTOR - Solar thermal collector comprising a plurality of parallel vertical tubes, connected to each other by one upper horizontal tube and one lower horizontal tube through which a heat carrying fluid flows, a glass surface that covers the parallel vertical tubes, the upper horizontal tube and the lower horizontal tube, and a dissipating device installed in an upper part of the solar thermal collector, said heat dissipating device comprising a thermostatic valve, a heat exchanger and a return pipe, wherein said thermostatic valve is housed in the upper horizontal tube, the thermostatic valve and the heat exchanger being connected by means of a pipe by way of an inverted siphon provided at a greater height than the inlet to the heat exchanger, such that, under normal working conditions, energy losses by heat transfer by convection from the thermostatic valve to the heat exchanger are interrupted. | 12-29-2011 |
| 20120017887 | RECEIVER PIPE - A receiver tube ( | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120037151 | SOLAR COLLECTOR - A solar collector assembly comprises a solar absorbing tube ( | 02-16-2012 |
| 20120042872 | SOLAR COLLECTOR - A solar collector comprises an evacuated glass tube ( | 02-23-2012 |
| 20120073567 | SOLAR THERMAL CONCENTRATOR APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD - An apparatus is disclosed including: a trough shaped reflector extending along a longitudinal axis and including at least one reflective surface having a shape which substantially corresponds to an edge ray involute of the absorber. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120073568 | METHODS FOR IN SITU DEPOSITION OF COATINGS AND ARTICLES PRODUCED USING SAME - Methods for depositing a coating on a metal surface can include heating a metal surface to a temperature not greater than its melting point; while heating the metal surface, applying a vacuum thereto; and while heating the metal surface, releasing the vacuum and backfilling with a first purge gas, where the first purge gas is reactive with the heated metal surface so as to deposit at least one layer of a coating thereon. The present methods can be used to deposit a coating in situ during the fabrication of solar receivers, in which the solar receivers contain an annulus defined by a metal tube as the inner surface and a material that is at least partially transparent to solar radiation as the outer surface. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120222669 | SOLAR COLLECTOR - A solar collector includes a first wall and a second wall facing one another, which between them delimit a housing, the first wall being transparent and intended to face in the direction of the solar radiation incident upon the collector, and an absorption device for absorbing the energy derived from the solar radiation and positioned in the housing, the absorption device including at least one pipe through which a heat-transfer fluid flows. In addition, the collector includes at least one transparent spacer arranged between the first wall and the absorption device in the region of the pipe. | 09-06-2012 |
| 20120234313 | SOLAR COLLECTOR AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SUCH A SOLAR COLLECTOR - A solar collector is provided having an absorber ( | 09-20-2012 |
| 20120272949 | PARAMETRIC CYLINDRICAL SOLAR COLLECTOR HAVING AN OPTIMISED SECONDARY RECONCENTRATOR AND METHOD FOR DESIGNING SAME - Parametric cylindrical solar collector with an optimized secondary reconcentrator and its design process, where the geometry of the primary reflector is an evolution of the Helmet collector concept towards a discontinuous curve that allows increasing the C/Cmax concentration to over 0.52 as well as reducing the wind loads. The structure is optimized to withstand the different loads to which the collector is exposed. The collector's center of gravity is brought closer to the axis of rotation of the collector. The geometry of the secondary reconcentrator is optimized and the collection efficiency of the collector is of 100%. The secondary reconcentrator is obtained partially mirroring the glass tube that keeps the vacuum in the absorber tube. | 11-01-2012 |
| 20120312295 | SOLAR THERMAL COLLECTION APPARATUS AND METHODS - A solar thermal collector includes a receptacle and a fluid conduit. The receptacle is evacuated to a subatmospheric pressure. The receptacle includes a window and a reflector facing the window. The window and the reflector are exposed to the subatmospheric pressure in the receptacle. The fluid conduit extends through the receptacle between the window and the reflector. The reflector concentrates solar radiation passing through the window onto the fluid conduit. | 12-13-2012 |
| 20130000633 | SOLAR RECEIVER DIAPHRAGM - A receiver used in a solar collection assembly includes a tube adapted to carry a heat transfer medium therethrough. An envelope surrounds the tube and has opposed ends and a diaphragm is interposed between each end and the tube to support the tube from the envelope. The diaphragm comprises radially oriented convolutions which minimizes the axial length of the diaphragm and hence reduces shading of the absorber tube. | 01-03-2013 |
| 20130032137 | TUBULAR SOLAR COLLECTORS - The present invention regards a metal composition suitable for originating a joint ( | 02-07-2013 |
| 20130112190 | SOLAR COLLECTOR - A solar collector has first and second manifolds and tubes that provide fluid communication between the manifolds. An enclosure of the collector extends between first and second ends thereof that are respectively proximal to the first and second manifolds, and the tubes extend out of the enclosure at the first and second ends passed a seal at each end to connect to the first and second manifolds. | 05-09-2013 |
| 20130180518 | APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING A SOLAR THERMAL ENERGY ABSORBER TUBE FOR A SOLAR COLLECTOR SYSTEM - Various embodiments provide an absorber tube that comprises an inner tube having an exterior surface, at least a portion of which contains a plurality of coating layers. The absorber tube also includes an outer tube spaced apart from the inner tube so as to define a cavity between the two. At least one of the coating layers may be configured to substantially impede migration of gaseous particles from the interior surface and into said cavity. At least one of the coating layers may be a reflective copper coating that is adhered to the exterior surface via an electrical charging process. An absorber tube comprising a connecting member between central and end portions of the tube is also provided. The central portion may be formed from carbon steel, while remaining portions are formed from stainless steel. Coating layers may be likewise adhered to only the central portion. | 07-18-2013 |
| 20130220307 | Cavity Receivers for Parabolic Solar Troughs - A tubular heat-absorbing element partly enclosed in an insulating layer or jacket, has absorbing surface that is accessible to solar radiation. The thermal insulation is designed to provide entry to solar radiation by way of a cavity. The absorbing surface can be substantially planar. | 08-29-2013 |
| 20130239951 | Retrofittable tankless passive solar water heater - A tankless solar water heater for heating domestic pressurized water having a flexible insulated heat exchanger housing that contracts to accommodate volume reduction when the solar heating fluid cools. A check valve releases gas and solar heating fluid if interior pressure exceeds ambient pressure by more than one pound per square inch, without admitting air into the container or the heat exchanger when volume of the solar heating fluid reduces due to cooling. | 09-19-2013 |
| 20130276775 | Cavity Receivers for Parabolic Solar Troughs - A tubular heat-absorbing element partly enclosed in an insulating layer or jacket, has absorbing surface that is accessible to solar radiation. The thermal insulation is designed to provide entry to solar radiation by way of a cavity. The absorbing surface can be substantially planar. | 10-24-2013 |
| 20130298900 | SOLAR ENERGY GATHERING DEVICE - A solar energy gathering device includes a heat storage unit, a number of heat gathering units and a number of Fresnel lenses. Each of the heat gathering units includes a transparent glass block having a vacuum receiving space, and a heat pipe received in the vacuum receiving space and in thermally contact with the heat storage unit. The Fresnel lenses are attached on each of the glass blocks, and configured for converging solar light to the heat pipes through the glass bocks. | 11-14-2013 |
| 20140020675 | SOLAR RECEIVER - A solar receiver includes a manifold, a sealed enclosure around the manifold and a plurality of tubes connected to the manifold and extending through the sealed enclosure. | 01-23-2014 |
| 20140026885 | SOLAR HEAT COLLECTOR - In a solar heat collector, a bottom plate and a side plate of a case which is opened in an upper surface are formed of a vacuum thermal insulation material in which a core material is enveloped by a skin and a vacuum is created in an interior of the skin, the skin is formed by welding together circumferential edges of two metal panels which are disposed to face each other with the core material sandwiched therebetween, a plurality of line grooves are formed in the metal panels, and the two metal panels are disposed so that sides thereof from which bottoms of the line grooves protrude are oriented inwards with the core material sandwiched therebetween. | 01-30-2014 |
| 20140102438 | RADIATION HEAT COLLECTION DEVICE - This invention relates to a device that comprises at least one collection unit ( | 04-17-2014 |
| 20140130791 | NANOFLUID FOR THERMODYNAMIC SOLAR SYSTEM - Solar concentration system with thermo-vector fluid made up of gas-based nanofluids and with suitably shaped receiver element of the solar radiation. | 05-15-2014 |
| 20140144425 | SOLAR RECEIVER FOR A SOLAR THERMAL ENERGY SYSTEM, AND SOLAR THERMAL ENERGY SYSTEM - A solar receiver for a solar thermal system that is formed with ytterbium hexaboride (YbB6) is provided. A solar thermal system having a solar receiver of this kind is also provided. | 05-29-2014 |
| 20140158112 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A VACUUM SOLAR THERMAL PANEL AND RELATED VACUUM SOLAR THERMAL PANEL - A method for manufacturing a vacuum-tight envelope for a vacuum solar thermal panel includes: joining edge to edge a first metal strip to a second metal strip in order to form a bi-metal strip, and then joining together the opposite ends of said bi-metal strip in order to form a closed loop; after said joining step, forming said first metal strip into a peripheral frame and said second metal strip into a peripheral belt; after said joining and forming steps, sealing the free edge of the peripheral belt to a glass front plate; after said joining and forming steps, joining a metal bottom plate to the peripheral frame. | 06-12-2014 |
| 20140165995 | OPEN-FLOW SOLAR COLLECTOR - The invention relates to a field of open-flow solar collectors, and specifically to flat solar collectors with wetting the underneath sides of their solar radiation absorbing plates with liquid heat transfer medium. More specifically, the invention proposes the flat solar collector, which operates with relatively low flow rate of the heat transfer medium on the underneath side of the solar radiation absorbing plate, with flow in form of some rivulets. The invention describes some technical solutions, which restrict meandering rivulets' flow. | 06-19-2014 |
| 20140182579 | SOLAR ENERGY COLLECTION CONDUIT - A solar energy collection conduit ( | 07-03-2014 |
| 20140230806 | MULTI-TUBE SOLAR COLLECTOR STRUCTURE - A collector system ( | 08-21-2014 |
| 20140283817 | GLAS TUBE WITH INFRARED LIGHT REFLECTIVE COATING, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE GLASS TUBE HEAT RECEIVER TUBE WITH THE GLASS TUBE, PARABOLIC TROUGH COLLECTOR WITH THE HEAT RECEIVER TUBE AND USE OF THE PARABOLIC TROUGH COLLECTOR - A glass tube with a glass tube wall is provided, wherein an inner surface of the glass tube wall comprises at least partially at least one infrared light reflective coating. Additionally a heat receiver tube for absorbing solar energy and for transferring absorbed solar energy to a heat transfer fluid, which can be located inside a core tube of the heat receiver tube, is provided. The core tube comprises a core tube surface with a solar energy absorptive coating for absorbing solar absorption radiation of the sunlight. The core tube surface and an encapsulation are arranged in a distance between the core tube surface and the inner surface of the encapsulation wall with the infrared reflective surface such, that the solar absorption radiation can penetrate the encapsulation with the infrared light reflective coating and can impinge the solar energy absorptive coating. | 09-25-2014 |
| 20140338656 | LAYER MATERIAL FOR CORROSION PROTECTION AND SOLAR RECEIVER HAVING SUCH A LAYER MATERIAL - A layer material for corrosion protection and to a solar receiver having such a layer material is provided. The layer material comprises a binding agent consisting of a resin containing at least one of the following substances: oligo- or polysiloxane, silicone resin, silicone, silicate, polyphosphate, and which is dissolved in a solvent, a pigment consisting of zinc microparticles having an average diameter of at least 1 um, wherein a further pigment consisting of titanium oxide or silicon oxide nanoparticles having an average diameter of no more than 100 nm is present in the layer material. The layer advantageously has a self-healing effect in addition to the corrosion protection effect thereof owing to the use of zinc particles. | 11-20-2014 |
| 20140338657 | FLAT TERMO-SOLAR COLLECTOR AND MANUFACTURING PROCESS - The “FLAT TERMO-SOLAR COLLECTOR AND MANUFACTURING PROCESS”, subject of this patent, represents a radical paradigm shift, both in the manufacturing process—whose steps were minimized and subject to any degree of automation—and regarding the shape design of the solar energy gathering tubes and tightness of the metal housing that houses the collecting element. | 11-20-2014 |
| 20140366867 | Variable Angle Solar Collector - The Variable Angle Solar Collector, or from this point on is also known as VASC, function is to collect solar energy in/on the hot side, or exit side, of the Energy Exchanger inside the vacuum chamber and allow for the storage of the fluid in the cold side, or entrance side of the Energy Exchanger. The design of the Energy Exchanger can/will act as a fluid back check/back flow preventer in the event of the fluid become pressurized by the expansion of the heated fluid in the Energy Exchanger's Hot or Exit side of the Energy Exchanger. The VASC can be connected in a series (similar to cells in a battery pack are place −to +to increase voltage) or individually, directly in a storage tank. A back flow preventer value may/can also be used in conjunction with the head pressure created from the fluid in the Entrance side of the Energy Exchanger. | 12-18-2014 |
| 20140366868 | LINEAR FRESNEL LIGHT CONCENTRATING DEVICE WITH HIGH MULTIPLYING POWER - A linear Fresnel light concentrating device with high multiplying power, including a reflector field and a receiving unit, where the reflector field includes a plurality of arrays of one-dimensional linear convergence reflector strips; the linear receiving unit is arranged parallel to the reflector strips, and is provided with a secondary optical light concentrating unit inside, the height value of the receiving unit exceeds half of the width value of the reflector field, so as to obtain a relatively high primary convergence light concentrating multiplying power and secondary convergence light concentrating multiplying power, thereby realizing a high total convergence light concentrating multiplying power. High multiplying power light concentration in low cost can be achieved, while the severe problem of low light concentration efficiency caused by extinction, tolerance rate and shading rate and the problem of inconvenience in repair and maintenance of the device are solved. | 12-18-2014 |
| 20150007808 | GLASS-TO-METAL JOINT FOR A SOLAR RECEIVER - A glass-to-metal sealing device of a solar receiver has a metal collar and a glass cylinder to be sealed together. The glass cylinder is made of a borosilicate glass having a coefficient of thermal expansion within the range of [3.1, 3.5]·10 | 01-08-2015 |
| 20150083114 | SOLAR PHOTO-THERMAL RECEIVING DEVICE - A solar photo-thermal receiving device, consisting of a sealed structure ( | 03-26-2015 |
| 20150136118 | COATING OF A GLASS SLEEVE - A method of applying a coating to a glass sleeve with an inner surface and an outer surface, the glass sleeve configured as a part of a solar-receiver tube, is provided. Thereby, the coating is solely applied to one of the surfaces of the glass sleeve. A method of fixing such glass sleeve in an interior of a coating tank, such coating tank and a fixing arrangement for fixing such glass sleeve in an interior of a coating tank, is also provided. | 05-21-2015 |
| 20150300690 | SOLAR HEAT COLLECTION TUBE - A solar heat collection tube includes a center metal tube that allows a heat medium to flow therethrough, a glass tube that covers the outer circumference of the center metal tube to form an annular void between the glass tube and the center metal tube, and an absorber configured to absorb a difference in the thermal expansion between the center metal tube and the glass tube. The absorber has a connection cylinder and metal bellows. The metallic bellows are connected in series by the connection cylinder. The bellows are arranged to overlap in the radial direction with the connection cylinder located therebetween. | 10-22-2015 |
| 20150369519 | SOLAR-HEAT COLLECTION TUBE - A solar-heat collection tube includes: a central metal tube through which a heat medium flows; a glass tube, which covers the outer periphery of the central metal tube such that an annular vacuum space is defined between the glass tube and the central metal tube; and a metal thermal-expansion-difference absorption portion, which absorbs the thermal expansion difference between the central metal tube and the glass tube. The glass tube includes an end portion having an end surface. The thermal-expansion-difference absorption portion is formed from metal, and includes a connecting end connected to the end portion of the glass tube. The connecting end is formed to be gradually reduced in thickness. The connecting end is connected to the glass tube in a state in which the connecting end enters the end portion of the glass tube through the end surface of the glass tube. | 12-24-2015 |
| 20160010894 | ABSORBER AND RETAINING DEVICE FOR ABSORBER TUBES | 01-14-2016 |
| 20160102888 | ABSORBER TUBE - An absorber tube is provided that includes a metal tube, a glass sleeve tube surrounding the metal tube, and a glass-metal transition element is disposed on at least one end. The metal tube and the transition element can be moved relative to one another in the longitudinal direction and connected to one another by an expansion compensating device. An inner end of the expansion compensating device is fastened to an attachment element, which is connected to the transition element. An outer end of the expansion compensating device is fastened to the metal tube. An annular space section of the annular space is constructed between the transition and attachment elements. The attachment element has an annular disc on which the expansion compensating device is fastened. The absorber tube has at least one shielding device that has a first annular disc-shaped section disposed on at least one end in the annular space. | 04-14-2016 |
| 20160109158 | SOLAR THERMAL COLLECTOR - A solar thermal collector ( | 04-21-2016 |
| 20160138831 | SOLAR THERMAL COLLECTOR AND BUILDING ACCESSORY STRUCTURE - A solar thermal collector and an accessory structure of a building are provided. The solar thermal collector includes at least one heat absorbing plate and at least one heat insulating plate. Each of the heat absorbing plate includes at least one first slab and first engaging parts connected with the first slab. Each of the heat insulating plate includes at least one second slab and second engaging parts connected with the second slab. The first engaging parts are respectively engaged with the second engaging parts, and a gap is maintained between the first slab and the second slab to define a heat collecting channel, through which a heat transfer fluid flows between the heat absorbing plate and the heat insulating plate. A heat conductivity of the heat absorbing plate is at least 30 times greater than a heat conductivity of the heat insulating plate. | 05-19-2016 |
| 20160377324 | Solar Thermal Concentrator Apparatus, System, And Method - An apparatus is disclosed including: a trough shaped reflector extending along a longitudinal axis and including at least one reflective surface having a shape which substantially corresponds to an edge ray involute of the absorber. | 12-29-2016 |
