Patent ID: 8333185
Filing Date: 2012-12-18
Classification: F24S,Y02B,Y02E

Abstract:
1. A solar fluid heating assembly comprising: a first panel section constructed from a first solar-radiation-transmitting panel and a second solar-radiation-transmitting panel, which are joined together by a first ground post and a second ground post, wherein the first ground post joins a first edge of the first solar-radiation-transmitting panel and a first edge of the second solar-radiation-transmitting panel and the second ground post joins a second edge of the first solar-radiation-transmitting panel and a second edge of the second solar-radiation-transmitting panel, so that the first solar-radiation-transmitting panel and the second solar-radiation-transmitting panel are secured approximately parallel to one another; a second panel section constructed from a third solar-radiation-transmitting panel and a fourth solar-radiation transmitting panel, which are joined together by a third ground post on a first edge of the third solar-radiation-transmitting panel and a first edge of the fourth-solar-radiation-transmitting panel, and wherein the second panel section is interconnected to the first panel section by one of the first ground post and the second ground post at a second edge of the third solar-radiation-transmitting panel and a second edge of the fourth solar-radiation-transmitting panel; and a first conduit sandwiched between each of (a) the first solar-radiation-transmitting panel and the second solar-radiation-transmitting panel, and (b) the third solar-radiation-transmitting panel and the fourth solar-radiation-transmitting panel, the first conduit comprising a single continuous section of pipe oriented to pass from the first panel section to the second panel section and to define a continuous, serpentine path within each of the first panel section and the section panel section, wherein the first solar-radiation-transmitting panel and third solar-radiation-transmitting panel are each oriented to receive solar radiation therethrough and onto a first surface of the first conduit, and wherein the second solar-radiation-transmitting panel and the fourth solar-radiation-transmitting panel are each constructed and arranged to reflect at least a portion of the received solar radiation toward a second surface of the first conduit, and wherein the first conduit is adapted to contain a fluid capable of absorbing heat energy from the received solar radiation.