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4054126 System for storing and releasing thermal energy  
A system for the cyclic storage and recovery of thermal energy utilizing a particulate bed of a decomposable heat storage material selected from the group consisting of the hydroxides of magnesium,...
4052001 Heating system  
The water for a central heating system is supplied with thermal energy in a boiler equipped with an oil burner and with a thermostatically controlled mixing valve that mixes the water heated in the...
4051999 Environmentally heated and cooled building  
A solar heated building including a thermal collector means which is carried in the attic of the building for absorbing energy and heating the air within the attic. Duct means are connected between...
4051891 Heat transfer block means  
A heat transfer block has a center core of substantially equally sized stones. The stones are grouted together with voids in between. Upper and lower panels are grouted to the center core. At least...
4050626 Supplemental heat and heat transfer subsystems for solar air conditioning systems  
Heat storage and/or cold storage are essential in air conditioning systems depending upon weather-sensitive energy sources such as solar heat, including sun and wind. Sufficient supplemental...
4044949 Heat storage system  
The invention pertains to an automatic heat storage system comprising two cooperating sources of heat, two heat storage vessels, and a heat emitting system, the heat being transferred by a heating...
4044948 Solar heating system component  
The solar heating system component combines a surge tank for a closed solar heat collecting system along with heat exchange means for transferring heat from the primary fluid in the solar heat...
4042012 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...
4040566 Pollution-free heating system  
What follows is a description of a system for heating a building by solar energy, and providing heated water for domestic use. A roof-mounted solar heating panel, which includes a clear specially...
4039773 Electronic charging control device for electric storage heaters  
The invention relates to a control unit for electric storage heaters which are supplied with energy during low tariff periods and which give up stored energy during high tariff periods. An...
4037785 Combination solar and electric heater  
Heater comprises a container divided into upper and lower chambers by a perforated plate. The container is connected to receive heated liquid from a solar collector and deliver it to radiators or...
4037583 Solar heating system and panels  
A solar heating system is provided in which is employed a source of a heatable fluid and an arrangement of solar heating panels to receive heat from the sun and heat the fluid therewith. A heat...
4037579 Energy storage-boiler tank using salt fusion and heat piping  
An energy storage system useful for storing energy due to sun light and making use of the stored energy when the sun is not shining. The storage tank system includes a liquid therein which is...
4034912 Method and control arrangement for a heating system including solar and fuel-fired heating apparatus  
A method and control arrangement for a heating system including solar heating apparatus and a conventional fuel-fired heating apparatus wherein heat load of the heating system and solar heating...
4033130 Heating device comprising a heat accumulator  
A heating system including a heat pipe containing evaporable heat transporting material, a closed reservoir containing heat-accumulating material within said heat pipe, and a quantity of said...
4029081 Solar energy transport system  
A solar energy collector comprises a heat conducting sheet having a front surface exposed to the sun and a system of liquid-receiving open-top troughs projecting from the back surface into an air...
4027821 Solar heating/cooling system  
A heliothermal heating and cooling system of the type using a heat transport fluid such as water is disclosed. The energy collector comprises an assembly of individual solar collector panel modules...
4021895 Solar heating  
Method and apparatus for solar heating of a fluid in stages involving solar heaters which maintain good thermal efficiency to differing maximum temperatures in order to provide effective heating...
4016861 Solar heating system  
A solar heat collector is formed by a unitary top plate having spaced apart downwardly extending tabs, a unitary bottom plate having spaced apart upwardly extending tabs, a frame holding the plates...
4014384 Breathing gas heater for use by a diver comprising double walled cylinder and inner container filled with hot liquid prior to use  
A self-contained, portable breathing gas heating system to be used by a diver for submersion in a cold environment consisting of a heat exchanger in an insulated container and a preheated liquid...
4012920 Heating and cooling system with heat pump and storage  
A heating and cooling system is provided which includes a reversible heat pump with three refrigerant coils, one of which is in an air duct for the space to be served, another of which is in heat...
4010731 Heat storage tank  
A heat storage tank is mounted in a pit in the ground. The pit preferably has four sides and a bottom. A lining of insulating material mounted against the sides of said pit. A water impervious...
4008758 Intermittent energy input salt bath chemical processor  
Solar energy is collected and recoverable in a central place as high temperature heat. The heat is delivered to a large reservoir of salt, thereby raising the temperature of the salt and melting...
4008709 Underground storage system for heating and cooling systems  
A thermal energy storage system including a thermal energy storage tank and a pair of thermal energy exchange tanks disposed in a different horizontal plane than the thermal energy storage tank....
4006734 Storage heater bricks  
Heat storage medium is produced by heating a mix of ferric oxide and an additive comprising a calcium compound to a temperature at which the additive reacts with the ferric oxide to improve its...
4005698 Photon energy converter  
An efficient converter of photon energy to heat has been devised comprising a dense array of metal whiskers grown with spacings between the whiskers of a few wavelengths of visible light. The...
4004572 Solar energy collection and retrieval employing reversible photochemical isomerization  
A process for photochemical collection, storage, and retrieval of solar energy, including solar energy in the visible and near-infrared light spectrum, comprising: exposing to solar radiation of a...
4004571 Isomerization for photochemical solar energy storage  
An invention relating to photochemical collection, storage, and retrieval of solar energy through exposing to solar energy in the visible light spectrum of a photochemical valence isomerizable...
4000851 Solar-heated dwelling  
In a preferred embodiment of the invention, rotatably adjustable elongated cylindrical solar collector plate cells, rotatable around the elongated axis thereof for adjusting angle of incidence of...
4000735 Insert for the furnaces of boilers  
An insert for the furnaces of particularly oil-fired boilers for intermittent operation, comprising an assembly of elements of fire-resisting glass of slight material thickness relative to their...
3998207 Differential temperature controller for use in a solar energy conversion system  
An integrated circuit dc-comparator compares voltage signals representative of sump water and collector water temperatures in a solar energy conversion system and continuously provides a direct...
3997001 Heat energy reservoir using solid removal and gravitation settling in a molten-solid salt bath  
A reservoir of salt eutectic which includes a plurality of heat pipes in the bottom through which a hot gas passes, and pipes near the top through which water passes and is converted to steam....
3996919 System for collecting and storing solar energy  
A system for collecting and storing solar energy which includes solar panels which are installed between the joists of the roof so that the collector surface of each panel acts as part of the roof...
3996759 Environment assisted hydronic heat pump system  
An air conditioning system utilizing one or more water source heat pumps assisted by solar radiation, terrestrial re-radiation and ambient air above predetermined temperature levels; operating...
3994675 Chemical storage of radiant energy  
A system for the chemical storage of radiant energy in which either: A. 1,8-diaryl-1a,2,7,7a-tetrahydro-1,2,7-metheno-1H-cyclopropa[ b]naphthalenes (1) are converted on heating to...
3993041 Solar energized steam generator system  
A solar energized steam generator includes a flux collector or projection lens for collecting and concentrating solar energy, and a reflector funnel for enhancing and concentrating the solar energy...
3991936 Heat transfer system  
A heat transfer system including a thermally insulated tank defining a chamber therein which contains eutetic salt material for retaining high volumes of heat, the chamber inside of the tank is...
3989927 Electric heater utilizing a pourable heat storage bulk  
A storage heater for heating a gaseous heat extraction medium is formed of a container of heat resistant material, preferably metal. At least one guide duct, in the form of a tube for carrying the...
3989786 Method for removing surplus plastic material from the neck portions of blow molded bottles or the like  
Annular surplus material which is separated from a parison section in the cavity of a blow mold in response to penetration of a blowing mandrel into the neck mold of the blow mold in a blow molding...
3987786 Method and apparatus for collecting, storing and transmitting solar heat  
A self-contained apparatus for collecting, storing and transmitting solar heat includes an elongated insulated housing in which a quantity of heat retaining material is confined and a collector on...
3986969 Thixotropic mixture and method of making same  
A mixture for the storage of heat energy utilizing a heat of fusion material includes sodium sulfate decahydrate, borax as a nucleating agent, and hydrous magnesium aluminum silicate (attapulgus...
3986665 Heating system for vehicles having an internal combustion engine  
A heating system for a vehicle passenger compartment provides a heat reservoir wherein heat energy from the engine exhaust means may be stored until needed to heat the passenger compartment, for...
3983929 Heat or cold and dry storage  
Storage apparatus is used for storage of large quantities of heat, or for large quantities of "cold," and "dryness," or for simultaneous storage of heat and cold, and dryness. The heat, or cold, or...
3981151 Use of solar energy heat gathering and storing systems to increase farm crop yields  
In a solar heat collecting and storage system in which mirrors reflect sunlight on a heat storing material such as a pile of pebbles, with air being drawn into the pile of pebbles so the heat...
3980130 Heat, cold and dry storage  
A storage bin may be used in many ways during the year such as: storage of solar-produced heat during the winter; storage of cold during the summer obtained from nighttime cold-producing apparatus...
3975620 Control system for charging and discharging an electric storage heater  
An electric storage heater assembly which is charged at night when energy rates are low and utilized during the day when the rates are higher. A fan unit is controlled by a thermostat to extract...
3974642 Hybrid cycle power plant with heat accumulator for storing heat exchange fluid transferring heat between cycles  
Installation for producing motive power, operating on a hybrid cycle of gas and vapor such as steam. The installation has a heat accumulator for storing a heat-exchange fluid which can also act as...
3973552 Method of storing and releasing thermal energy  
A cyclic method of storing and recovering thermal energy utilizing a particulate bed of a decomposable heat storage material selected from the group consisting of the hydroxides of magnesium,...
3960207 Heat exchange apparatus  
A plurality of hollow, disc-like containers are each filled with a thermal energy storage material and placed in a stacked array. Each of the disc-like containers has a hole in the center and...
3960205 Storage body with latent storage substances for temperature equilization  
In a device for reducing the temperature variation in buildings having optically transparent walls and means which permit control of the transmission, absorption and/or reflection of heat said...