FR2491598A1 - Orientable house for maximum use of solar energy - is mounted on framed concrete raft which turns on wheels on circular track and has heat store and warm air distribution system - Google Patents

Abstract

Above the ceiling in the house is a heat storage area with cover. This contains alumina based bricks and a coil for reheating water. A solar panel at the front is orientatable on a horizontal axis and has a double glazed window to allow the solar rays only to pass through. The living area has a fixed double glazed window with a space behind for forced circulation of air. A tinted window allows only a small penetration of heat into the area. The building is constructed on a reinforced concrete raft on anti vibration mounts on a metallic frame. The frame is mounted on pulley wheels on a circular track and is driven via a motor and reduction gear using electronic control. The services pass through a central duct.

Description

ORIENTABLE HOUSE FOR ION USE
MAXIMUM SOLAR ENERGY
The present invention relates to various disposi-tions that allow maximum use of solar energy to improve the comfort of the habitat.

 In recent years, as a result of excessive increases in energy prices and especially oil prices, efforts are being made to recover natural energies distributed free of charge, especially solar energy.

 Studies are in progress, and some projects are in progress, but they are usually expensive and only use a very small part of the solar energy. These devices generally consist of fixed panels to which solar rays provide maximum energy only when they are perpendicular to the sensors.

 These sensors are either cells that give rise directly to an electrical current of a few watts, or coils in which circulates water with antifreeze to prevent possible damage during cold periods, and exchangers that still consume a large part little energy recovered.

 The present invention makes it possible to heat air, over large areas, in the best conditions of thermal efficiency, and to distribute it in areas of immediate use, or in accumulators of calories.

 The appended drawing, given by way of non-limiting example of an embodiment of the invention, shows the overall arrangements for capturing solar energy.

Sn I is the apartment with any internal divisions. Above the plaford2 is fitted-a storage room 3 caloriestavec with cover 4
Inside this room are calorie accumulators consisting of alumina-based 5 brick and a coil 6 for reheating of water.

On the front, a panel for capturing the sun's rays 7, is steerable along 8, on an axis 9
This panel consists of a double glazing IO which forms a thermal screen from the outside relative to the interior, while allowing the sun's rays to pass.

 At the front of the apartment is arranged Egale- -ment a fixed double glazing It followed by a space 21 for air circulation by ventilsteurs, and finally a tinted glass 12 quine let enter directly into the apartment I only a small part of the calories.

 All panels 10; II and I2 occupy the entire surface of the front fagale of the house.

The assembly is built on a reinforced concrete slab 13 placed on a metal frame 14 by means of antivibration joints 15 in
Neoprene or similar material.This metal frame is mounted on rollers 16 which roll on circular rails 17.The rotational drive is produced by two geared motors 18
It is understood that a good thermal insulation classic is provided under the slab, under the roofs and ceilings, and in the walls.

 In 19 a central well receives the flexible pipelines of water, sewer, gas, electricity, etc.

The operation is as follows:
The assembly rotates by means of geared motors 18, with electronic control, so that the collecting facades 10 and II are always in front of the sun, for maximum intensity.

 It is not necessary to make a complete turn, which would cause problems of fluid connection, and during the night a march backreemeramene the facades 10 and II in position of the lifting solail.

 In addition1 in the attic, the panel 10 tilts electrically to be always perpendicular to the sun's rays and receive the maximum energy.

The thermometers and thermostats are installed between the glazings II and I2 either in the space 21 behind the panel 10 or at 20, in the storage 9 and in the flat.
Fans are used to circulate the air of the places of warming 21 and 20, either to the apartment I, or to the storage 3, or -well storage to the apartment, all this with electronic control according to the temperatures measured in various places, and the desired temperature in the apartment.

 However, the iormes, the dimensions, the provisions of the elements, may vary within the limit of equivalents, as elsewhere materials and apparatus used for construction, without changing the general design of the invention just described .

Claims (4)

 EVE N I C AT I ~ O N S  I- orientable reason for use of solar energy, with the IO and II capturing facades permanently oriented towards the sun, with the panels 10, moreover, tiltable on a horizontal axis, all these adaptations for the purpose of reception of solar energy at maximum intensity, together with calorie storage, and ventilation circuits for capturing and distributing heat directly through the air, without intermediate fluids or exchangers.  2-House swiveling, according to claim I, mounted on a platform 14 equipped with rollers 16, controlled by geared motors 18.1 'together rotating on circular rails 17, all controlled electronically so that the capture facades of the Solar energy constantly drowns towards the sun.  3-House swiveling, according to claim I, with a whole facade It doubled glazing, thermal insulation, followed by a circulation space of hot air 2I, then a tinted glass 12 which does not pass directly into the apartment I, that a small part of the calories, and equipped in the upper part of double glazing also 10, but tilting to be always perpendicular to the sun, these windows being extended by a chamber 3 of storage of calories.  4-House swiveling according to claim I, equipped with air ducts, fans, thermometers, thermostats, and an electronic assembly for conveying calories, capture panels to the apartment or to storage for storage to the apartment all very simply, uniquely with air.