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4172491 Method of more efficiently operating a heat storage-heat exchange system  
A method of operating a heat storage-heat exchange system in a more efficient manner is described. The method comprises the steps of passing a heating fluid through a bed of heat storage medium to...
4172442 Solar energy collector system and method  
A solar energy collector system having high energy collection efficiency simultaneously heats separate gas and liquid streams flowing through the collector. The gas flows in a tiered passage...
4170982 Solar energy storage and distributing device  
An energy storage and distributing device having a heat storage chamber arranged for retaining heat which can be received from a solar collector arrangement or from a furnace or furnaces disposed...
4170261 Heat storage device  
In a heat storage device for low-temperature applications, e.g. for heating greenhouses and warehouses, the drop in temperature in an intermediate heat carrier circuit, which had previously been...
4169461 Storge tank especially suitable for use in a solar heat system  
A storage tank especially suitable for use in a solar heat system utilizing water to store its collected heat is disclosed herein and includes a main body which defines an internal compartment for...
4166449 Heat storage vault  
A heat storage vault in the form of an insulated enclosure having therein a plurality of serpentine pipes each with lengths extending back and forth within the enclosure with the lengths...
4164253 Method for reducing thermal degradation of a heat exchange fluid  
Heat is transferred from a hot reservoir to an intermittent user such as a domestic appliance through an intermediate heat exchanger. Heat storing material maintains a substantially constant...
4162671 Solar energy panel and medium for use therein  
A solar energy panel and an energy storing medium for use therewith is the subject of the present invention. The solar energy panel comprises a container having a transparent pane and designed to...
4160524 Circulating fireplace with adjustable controls for selectively heating one or more rooms  
A wood burning system for selectively heating one, or several, rooms in a structure, such system including a fireplace with a firebox, a chimney based on a thermal vacuum principle of operation, a...
4160523 Air structure  
An air structure comprises a double-skin wall construction having an outer skin that is substantially transparent to short wave solar radiation but relatively opaque to long wave heat radiation and...
4160443 Inflatable solar heat collector  
An elongated inflatable tubular housing is provided including front and rear wall portions. The front wall portion is constructed of solar radiation transparent material and a panel of solar...
4159736 Method of and arrangement for the seasonal storage and use of hot water produced in particular by electrical power-generating thermal and nuclear stations  
A large capacity tank for the seasonal storage of hot water from electrical power-generating thermal and nuclear plants to be used seasonally to heat buildings, consisting of a large basin which...
4158384 Heat storage system  
A heat storage system consisting of a compartmented tank containing a liquid medium capable of storing heat therein, a flow control system operable to establish a liquid flow in the tank operable...
4158358 Heat and cold storage apparatus  
Solar heat storage apparatus, invented by Thomason, includes a tank of water surrounded by a truckload of stones in a heat storage bin in the basement, U.S. Pat. No. 3,254,702 and others. Air...
4155506 Method and apparatus for conservation of energy in a hot water heating system  
A very well heat insulated water storage or accumulator tank of relatively large capacity as compared to the capacity of the hot water heating unit is interposed between the unit and the radiator...
4154292 Heat exchange method and device therefor for thermal energy storage  
A heat exchange device for the introduction of thermal energy into and removal of thermal energy from liquid-solid phase change material is described in which the phase change material is...
4154222 Solar collector for gas heating  
Heat transfer structure comprises: A. sandwich assembly including a heat transfer plate to receive infra-red radiation or to transmit such radiation, respectively to or from skyward, B. the...
4153047 Heat storage systems  
The present invention provides systems for transfer of heat such as useful in solar energy systems. A heat storage medium is used, preferably salt conditioned by anti-caking anti-corrosive...
4149521 Solar energy collection system  
A fixed, linear, ground-based primary reflector having an extended curved sawtooth-contoured surface covered with a metalized polymeric reflecting material, reflects solar energy to a movably...
4147300 Method and structure for solar heating  
A method and structure for utilizing solar energy for heating utilizing a wall of masonry or other cementitious material having preferably vertical channels defined through the central portion...
4146087 Device for accumulation tanks for fluid  
Method and device for maintaining and reinforcing in an accumulation tank a stratified condition of fluid caused by the fluid in the tank when a flowing of the fluid is caused by heating the same....
4146057 Thermal buffer system  
A quantity of aluminum is in heat exchange contact with a potassium loop and a steam/water loop. The potassium loop includes a solar energy collector and the solar-heated potassium melts the...
4144999 System and structure for conditioning air  
A system for storing in a liquid storage medium a substantial part of the heat for a building. The liquid is contained within a large, vertical, cylindrical tank and is circulated to...
4143705 Storage for heat and cold  
Heat storage and/or cold storage are essential to effective utilization of solar energy sources, including sun and wind. Efficient auxiliary controlled heat sources are also desirable, if not...
4142576 Heat pump system with improved heat transfer  
A heat pump for cooling or heating a conditioned space includes an underground heat pipe laid into a hole in the ground back-filled with soil. The heat transfer of the soil is improved by...
4139321 Rock channel heat storage  
A heat or cold storage system utilizing a plurality of channels dug directly into the earth and filled with rocks which are used to absorb heat or cold for storage, a part of such storage being the...
4139056 Method of and system for storing heat  
A reservoir is subdivided by a plurality of partitions into a plurality of water-filled compartments. The lower region of at least one of the compartments is connectable to a source of cool water...
4139055 Solar heating (cooling)  
In the present invention, a plurality of containers provide for heat storage in water or other fluids, or solids, or both, plus domestic water heating. There is good quality heat exchange going in...
4138996 Solar heater freeze protection system  
A solar water heating system heats water in a solar panel and stores it in a water storage tank. A pump circulates the water in the system, from the water storage tank through the solar panel back...
4138995 Solar energy storage and utilization  
A system for storing and utilizing solar energy which includes the use of solar energy collectors attached to heat pipes for changing solar flux into heat energy and transmitting the heat energy...
4138061 Solar heating system  
A heating system is provided to convert radiant solar energy into heat for use in buildings. The apparatus includes a solar energy collection and heat radiation means, a heat storage means...
4137900 Solar heating system  
A solar heating system including a specially designed tank divided into zones in which heat is stored in water, the hottest water in each zone rising to the top thereof by convection. A solar flow...
4137898 Air type solar heating system  
An air type heating system includes a heat collector connected to heat air streams running through the collector by solar heat and a heat storage member containing heat-storage material for...
4136668 Solar heat storage and utility system  
A solar heat storage and utility system wherein heat storage means is mechanically conveyed from an energy receptor area to a storage or other utility area. A series of enclosures containing heat...
4135572 Method and apparatus for the alternate heating and cooling of a heat exchanger of a heating and cooling system  
A method and apparatus of alternately heating and cooling a heat exchanger of a heating and cooling system having a boiler and a cooler, is disclosed, in which quantities of liquid of different...
4134273 Home heating and cooling system  
A home heating and cooling system consisting of a pair of large water tanks and a heat-operated absorption-type refrigeration system disposed between the tanks and operable to transfer heat from...
4132074 Paving and solar energy system and method  
Paving and solar energy utilization systems and methods disclosed herein include a fluid carrying conduit embedded in paving such as in a roadway or roofing exposed to solar energy. Fluid...
4131158 Storage arrangement for thermal energy  
Heat of liquefaction and solidification is transmitted between a heat storing material undergoing the phase transition and a heating medium in a heat exchanger by means of a partly gaseous, partly...
4128204 Inhabitable enclosure and methods relating thereto  
An environmentally conditioned enclosure adapted for human habitation and construction methods relating to same. A foundation comprised of thermally insulative material provides support for a...
4127973 Solar-heated concrete slab building structure  
A concrete slab forming a part of the building structure foundation is thermally insulated about its periphery from the ground upon which it resides from the ground surface to below the ground...
4127161 Energy storage unit and system  
A heat storage unit in the form of a cylinder is provided with a removable end closure, and contains a plurality of closed tubes holding a heat storage substance, the tubes being supported at...
4127104 Solar heater for water and the like  
An improved, portable, inexpensive solar heater for water and similar liquids. The heater comprises a tank triangular in transverse cross section, the hypotenuse of the triangular shape being...
4126122 Solar hot water booster and exchanger for use therein  
A solar powered heater system which may be employed to preheat water in or prior to delivery to a conventional hot water heater. The solar powered heater system includes a heat exchanger which is...
4125946 Apparatus for drying clothes using solar energy  
Apparatus for drying clothes does not require use of gas or electrical energy for generation of heat. A solar collector is used for regeneration of a desiccant, the desiccant being utilized for...
4125107 Universal differential thermostat for solar heating system  
A thermostat or controller for controlling water circulation in a solar heating system is disclosed as including a resistant bridge circuit with a solar panel temperature responsive resistance and...
4124061 Thermal energy storage unit  
A thermal storage unit comprising a bed of particulate solid material, a liquid situated in heat-exchanging relation with said bed and cooperating with said bed to define a liquid-solid system...
4124018 Solar heat collecting, storing and utilizing apparatus  
Solar heat collecting, storing and utilizing apparatus which comprises a solar collector and a thermal capacitor in which the capacitor provides a means of dense storage of solar heat, at a...
4123219 Chemical storage of radiant energy  
A method for the chemical storage of radiant energy in which substituted naphthalenes undergo photochemical dimerization by exposure to radiant energy to form...
4122828 Solar energy collector for direct air heating  
A solar energy heat collector and use system wherein heat is directly absorbed into a moving column of air and stored in the structure thereof dependent upon the availability of solar radiation and...
4121566 Sonia system  
For use in heating or cooling a building, there is provided a solar energy collecting system which includes a solar energy collecting device comprising a trough having internal surfaces for...
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