Falling particle solar receivers
    1.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11326810B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-05-10

    申请号:US16700134

    申请日:2019-12-02

    发明人: Clifford K. Ho

    摘要: Falling particle solar receivers, systems, and methods are disclosed that include one non-linear falling particle curtain or two or more falling particle curtains within a solar receiver that receives incident solar radiation. The particles heated in the solar receiver may be used to heat a secondary fluid. In an embodiment, the particles may be recirculated to improve energy capture and thermal efficiency. In other embodiments, an air curtain may be used across the aperture of the receiver, and flow-control devices may be used to evenly spread particles across the width of the receiver inlet. Finally, feed particles may be preheated using heat from the solar receiver.

    SOLAR WATER HEATER WITH GLAZED FLAT-PLATE COLLECTOR

    公开(公告)号:US20220026078A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-01-27

    申请号:US17297570

    申请日:2019-11-28

    申请人: Mourad FATTOUM

    发明人: Mourad FATTOUM

    摘要: The present invention relates to a solar water heater (SWH) for producing hot water for domestic use, said SWH is inspired from the thermosiphon SWH to manufacture an SWH more efficient in winter and in summer. It is made up of two hot water storage tanks (17) (22) mounted in series in order to have an operating temperature as stable as possible, equipped with a guidance system for heating incoming cold water by passing through the collectors before entering the hot water storage tank (25-a) (25-b), a solar collector receiving solar radiation through its twin transparent faces (35) (36), stainless steel sheet mirrors that reflect the solar radiation applied to the collector through its rear transparent face (36) and a low energy consumption integrated circulator for gaining heat by cancelling out load losses that characterize the resistances to the passage of water in the SWH circuit (29).

    POLYMER SOLAR HEATER
    4.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20230117053A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-04-20

    申请号:US17914313

    申请日:2020-11-13

    IPC分类号: F24S10/90 F24S40/58

    摘要: The present invention describes a polymeric solar heater that has the advantage of being able to be operated at different pressures, from low to high pressure without having to make adjustments or modifications, since it has grooved reinforcement flanges on the outside of the tank, which prevents the movement of some reinforcement elements allowing to increase the baric capacity of the tank, another advantage that characterizes the present invention is that the casing and the tank are made of polymers, which allow the temperature to be kept inside for longer, given their low coefficient of thermal conduction. Another significant advantage of the polymeric solar heater is that the collectors have integrated thermal receptors that allow them to capture thermal energy more easily, in addition to having mechanical reinforcements that increase the resistance of said collectors against impacts.

    BUILDING FRAME AND METHOD FOR ADJUSTING THE TEMPERATURE IN A BUILDING

    公开(公告)号:US20200378620A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-12-03

    申请号:US16995284

    申请日:2020-08-17

    发明人: Julian BERCHTOLD

    摘要: A building envelope, in particular a wall, a floor, or a roof of a building with at least two shells spaced some distance apart from one another, which encloses an intermediate space, said space being essentially empty with the exception of weight-bearing and/or construction-engineering elements or being filled at least in sections with porous, open-celled material and sealed from the interior and exterior of the building, wherein controllable sealing means are provided for sealing the intermediate space from the interior and exterior and optionally separated building envelope sections from one other.

    Heat pipe dry cooling system
    7.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US10030913B1

    公开(公告)日:2018-07-24

    申请号:US15873517

    申请日:2018-01-17

    申请人: Yiding Cao

    发明人: Yiding Cao

    摘要: A dry cooling system can include: a heat source flow duct; an air duct disposed over the heat source flow duct; an opening between the heat source flow duct and the air duct such that an air flows through the opening; and a heat pipe including an evaporator section disposed in the heat source flow duct and a condenser section disposed in the air duct. The air can flow from the opening to the condenser section.

    THERMAL HYDRAULIC PUMP
    9.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20200056598A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-02-20

    申请号:US16104808

    申请日:2018-08-17

    摘要: A thermal pump system energized by a daytime heating phase and a night time cooling phase associated with a naturally occurring environmental heating and cooling cycle includes a hydraulic fluid source, a thermal fluid expansion chamber having a fixed internal volume, and a hydraulic accumulator at least partially filled by a compressible gas. A first unidirectional flow valve connected to a first duct permits flow only out of the hydraulic fluid source during the night time cooling phase. A second unidirectional flow valve connected to a second duct permits flow only out of the thermal fluid expansion chamber upon expansion of the hydraulic fluid trapped in the thermal fluid expansion chamber due to heating during the daytime heating phase. The thermal fluid expansion chamber has a thermally conductive wall communicating thermal energy from the naturally occurring heating and cooling cycle to the hydraulic fluid trapped in the fixed internal volume.