NOVEL METHOD OF USING STORED SOLAR HEAT FOR WATER HEATING

    公开(公告)号:US20220034521A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-02-03

    申请号:US16941744

    申请日:2020-07-29

    申请人: Dipak R. Biswas

    发明人: Dipak R. Biswas

    摘要: A novel method is described for room heating using stored solar heat. Solar heat is stored in an insulated tank by using scrap and inexpensive heat absorbing or heat storing materials. Stored heat can then be extracted by air circulation for room heating. The temperature of the room air is controlled by a thermostat. When the room temperature drops below the set point on the thermostat, a circulating air pump turns on and extract the solar heat until the room temperature air reaches the desired set temperature. Once room temperature reaches the set point in the thermostat, the air circulation pump turns off.

    Inflatable non-imaging solar concentrator

    公开(公告)号:US11365903B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-06-21

    申请号:US15330378

    申请日:2016-09-12

    申请人: Yonghua Wang

    发明人: Yonghua Wang

    摘要: An extremely low cost solar concentrator made of membranes or films is inflated into a Compound Parabolic Concentrator (CPC) a non-image concentrator. The portion of the inflatable concentrator, which is shaped into a CPC concentrator, is formed with reflective membranes or films, and the portions of the inflatable concentrator on the top of CPC and on the bottom of the concentrator are made of clear membranes or films. The incident light including parallel rays of light and diffuse light, as long as falling into the half acceptance angle of the CPC, will be concentrated to the bottom exit aperture of the CPC. Therefore, this type concentrator reduces the requirement to the accuracy of tracking for concentration. In addition, this type of concentrator demonstrates more tolerance to shape distortion for concentration than imaging system.

    LAMINATED GLAZING WITH COLOURED REFLECTION AND HIGH SOLAR TRANSMITTANCE, AND SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEMS EMPLOYING THE SAME

    公开(公告)号:US20210206146A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-07-08

    申请号:US17174925

    申请日:2021-02-12

    申请人: Kromatix SA

    摘要: Laminated (and, in some cases, additionally etched) glazing units for cooperation with solar-energy systems during architectural integration thereof include an optically-transparent substrate in contact with an incident medium, on one side, and with a non-quarter-wave thin-film-stack based interference filter on another side, followed by an exit medium. Embodiments are practically applicable to conceal physical structures disposed behind them and characterized by IR-light transmittance that is enhanced (as compared with conventional glazing units based on quarter-wave thin-film-stacks and similarly utilized) to improve efficiency of a solar-energy system carrying at least a portion of such glazing unit on its front surface. Colour of reflected light perceived as a function of angle is sufficiently stabilized for practical applications. In specific cases, a solar-energy system is integrated inside or with such a glazing unit.