Patent ID: 8276580

Claim:
A solar air heating module for providing heated air to a ventilation system, the solar air heating module comprising: a) a collector for heating and drawing in outside air comprising: i) an absorber plate for absorbing incident sunlight and comprising a plurality of perforations therethrough, the perforations distributed across the absorber plate for allowing passage of air into the collector; and ii) a collector tray mounted behind the absorber plate, the collector tray comprising an output provided with a plurality of openings distributed across the collector tray for allowing the passage of air out of the collector, the collector tray being spaced from the absorber plate to define a cavity therebetween in which air can to flow towards the output; b) a housing mounted to the collector tray and forming a plenum therewith for receiving air from the output, the plenum being at a lower pressure than that of the outside air, the plenum being connected to the ventilation system.