Patent ID: 8479724
Filing Date: 2013-07-09
Classification: F24S,H01L,H02S,Y02E

Abstract:
1. In a solar collector assembly comprising a sealed and inflated cylindrical-tube shaped housing, the tube housing including a bottom cylindrically-trough shaped reflector portion having a reflection surface extending along a longitudinal length, the reflection surface made of a relatively thin and flexible metalized polymer film, a top cylindrically-shaped transparent polymer film sheet portion made of a relatively thin and flexible polymer film, the top and bottom sheet portions forming a pressure sealed cylindrical tube housing when the respective ends of the top and bottom films are sealed together and the tube housing is inflated with a gas so that the top transparent film portion passes solar energy to the reflection surface, a passive cooling component comprising: a partially hollowed wall structure extending below and longitudinally along the bottom cylindrical shaped housing wherein the hollowed wall structure includes multiple cooling loop convection cells formed within the hallowed wall structure.