SOLAR ENERGY UTILIZING DEVICE

摘要

PURPOSE:To improve the efficiency of utilization of optical energy by a method wherein a sunlight collector through which a heat adsorbing and heat radiating material such as water circulates and a sunlight collector through which an optical energy storing chemical compound circulates are made to communicate with a heat radiating coil and a heat generating coil in a hot water storage tank and the heat adsorbing and heat radiating material is heated due to the thermal reactions of the optical energy storing chemical compound against a catalyst. CONSTITUTION:Hot water heated in a water circulating collector section 24 of the sunlight collecor 20 by the radiation of the long-wave length rays of sunlight flows to the heat radiating coil 48 in the hot water storage tank 22 and is heated by the coil 48 to become hot. At the same time, the chemical compound circulating collector section 26 receives the short-wave length rays of sunlight so that the chemical compound storing optical energy is converted into a Q-substance (a highly distortional chemical compound). The Q-substance is then stored in a Q-substance storage tank 64 by the switching operation of a three-way valve 58 and after that, it is supplied to the heat generating coil 68 within the hot water storage tank 22 by means of a pump 66 so that it comes into contact with the catalyst 76 and reacts thermally against the latter. As a result, the Q-substance is converted into an N-substance (a chemical compound capable of being highly distorted) and at the same time, heats additionally the hot water in the hot water storage tank 22.