Patent ID: 6372978
Filing Date: 2002-04-16
Classification: F24S,H02S,Y02B,Y02E,Y10S

Abstract:
A solar energy collection, storage, and distribution system suitable for continuous, year round operation, comprising:an enclosed solar collector comprising: a floor, side walls substantially perpendicular thereto, a light transmissive upper surface defining a heating chamber, said heating chamber being adapted for selective orientation with respect to the sun, and a thermostat disposed within said heating chamber and operatively connected to means for venting said enclosed solar collector; a plurality of heat converting members disposed within said heating chamber; an intake and a discharge aperture within said walls of said heating chamber adapted to facilitate conducting a gas through said heating chamber; at least one internal conduit within said heating chamber adapted to conduct a liquid therethrough and having an intake and a discharge end each terminating outside said heating chamber, said internal conduit disposed to segregate said liquid therein from said gas external to said internal conduit and within said heating chamber; at least one remote thermal reservoir for storing heat generated by said solar collector, said at least one thermal reservoir further comprising at least one of the group: at least one gas reservoir operatively connected to said heating chamber, and at least one liquid reservoir operatively connected to said at least one internal conduit; whereby solar energy impinging upon said solar collector is captured therein and transferred, as thermal energy, through said at least one heat converting member and said at least one internal conduit to said at least one of said gas reservoir and said at least one liquid reservoir, such that said at least one of said reservoirs stores said thermal energy for eventual distribution therefrom.