INTERIOR SOLAR ENERGY COLLECTOR WITH FLUID-BASED HEAT TRANSFER SYSTEM

摘要

An interior solar energy collector system includes an interior heat exchanger unit for mounting on, or integral with, an interior surface of a roof or wall of a building. A heat transfer fluid system transfers collected heat from the interior heat exchanger to heat storage and heat disposal tanks from which the heat can be used or disposed as desired.

主权项

1. A solar energy collector system for collecting and utilizing energy derived from incident solar radiation on an external surface of a roof of a building that is absorbed by the roof and that is conducted through the roof to an interior surface of the roof, which is supported by a plurality of rafters, or that is radiated from the interior surface of the roof, wherein said solar energy collector apparatus comprises:
a plurality of heat exchanger panels, each of which panels comprises at least one tube that has high thermal conductivity and extends in a generally longitudinal direction from a fluid flow connection with an inlet header to a fluid flow connection with an outlet header, and a sheet of material that has high thermal conductivity and that is sized and shaped to fit between the rafters for fastening to the interior surface of the roof between the rafters, wherein the tube is mounted in heat conducting contact with the sheet; a primary heat storage fluid tank; a first primary pipe system extending from the primary heat storage fluid tank to the inlet header and from the outlet header to the primary heat storage fluid tank; and a primary pump in the primary pipe system configured for pumping fluid from the primary heat storage fluid tank to the inlet header.