GB1562412A - Means for collecting heat and solar energy for a house - Google Patents
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Description
(54) MEANS FOR COLLECTING HEAT AND SOLAR ENERGY FOR A HOUSE
(71) We, TEKNOTERM SYSTEMS AB, of Fack, S-201 110 Malmo 1, Sweden, a
Swedish company, do hereby declare the invention, for which we pray that a patent may be granted to us, and the method by which it is to be performed, to be particularly described in and by the following statement: This invention relates to apparatus for providing heat.
According to the present invention, there is provided apparatus for providing heat, comprising: (a) first circuit means through which heat carrier medium can flow and comprising: thermal energy collector means having duct means through which carrier medium can flow to receive: (i) solar thermal energy provided by exposing surface of said collector means to solar thermal energy, and (ii) thermal energy provided by contact of surface of said collector means with air; (b) second circuit means through which heat carrier medium can flow and comprising: evaporator means of heat pump means, said heat pump means comprising condenser means and said evaporator means, said heat pump means being able to pump heat from said evaporator means in said second circuit means to said condenser means; (c) first heat exchange means for providing heat exchange between said first circuit means and said second circuit means, so that heat can be transferred from said heat carrier medium in said first circuit means to said heat carrier medium in said evaporator means; (d) third circuit means through which heat carrier medium can flow and comprising: said condenser means of said heat pump means; (e) fourth circuit means through which heat carrier medium can flow and comprising: means for releasing heat into a house; and (f) second heat exchange means for providing heat exchange between said third circuit means and said fourth circuit means, so that heat can be transferred from heat exchange medium in said condenser means to heat exchange medium in said fourth circuit means.
Preferably, said apparatus is adapted such that when heat carrier medium enters said duct means, that heat carrier medium has a temperature equal to or lower than that of said air.
If desired, at least one said collector means is adjacent and spaced from a roof surface of said house. Alternatively or additionally, at least one said collector means can be adjacent and spaced from a wall surface of said house.
Preferably, at least one said collector means comprises black surface for exposure to solar thermal energy. Said black surface can be black paint.
If desired, said duct means can comprise at least some ducts connected together in series. Alternatively or additionally, said duct means can comprise at least some ducts connected together in parallel. Said duct means can comprise partition means constituting at least one duct. Said duct means can comprise pipe means constituting at least one duct. Conveniently, said collector means comprises first and second members with at least one said duct means therebetween. At least one of said first and said members can be corrugated, at least one corrugation valley being provided with at least one said duct means.
Said apparatus of the present invention can comprise cover means spaced from said collector means so as to let air pass between said cover means and said collector means, and enable this air to be at least a portion of said air providing thermal energy, this cover means being able to let said collector means receive said solar thermal energy. Preferably, said cover means has a U-shaped cross section. The leg portions of this cross section can extend, if desired, at right angles to a roof ridge of said house.
Preferably, said cover means is a transparent glass cover or a transparent plastics cover.
Said apparatus of the present invention can comprise insulation for thermally in sulating a portion of at least one said collector means. Preferably, said insulation is located such that it will be underneath a said collector means during use of said apparatus.
Said apparatus of the present invention can comprise means for conveying to at least one said collector means at least a portion of said air providing thermal energy.
Preferably, said means for conveying air is adapted to remove attic air from said house and cause at least a portion of this air to be conveyed to at least one said collector means, and thereby provide at least a portion of said air providing thermal energy.
Preferably, said means for conveying air comprises fan means.
Said apparatus of the present invention can comprise third heat exchange means, this heat exchange means being in said first circuit means and locatable so as to allow heat exchange between a ventilation duct of a house and said first circuit means, whereby heat can be transferred from air in said ventilation duct to heat carrier medium in said first circuit means.
Said apparatus of the present invention can comprise heat accumulator means connected or connectable to at least one said circuit means. For example a said heat accumulator means can be connected or connectable to said first circuit means and/or said fourth circuit means. Preferably, at least one said heat accumulator means comprises a water tank.
Said apparatus of the present invention can comprise additional heat means for providing heat inside said house.
Said apparatus of the present invention can comprise control means for controlling operation of at least a portion of said apparatus.
If desired said first circuit means can be connectable directly to said fourth circuit means.
The invention will now be described by way of example with reference to the accompanying drawings, which are schematic and wherein:
Fig. 1 shows a first embodiment of apparatus of the invention;
Fig. 2 shows a second embodiment of apparatus of the invention; and
Figs. 3 to 7 respectively show different embodiments of heat collectors for use in the invention.
In Fig. 1, a house roof 1 is provided on its exterior with a heat collector 2 spaced 3 from the exterior of the roof, so as to let air circulate between the heat collector 2 and the exterior of the roof. Flowing through the heat collector 2 is a heat carrier medium 9, which receives solar thermal energy provided by exposing surface of the heat collector 2 to the sun. The heat collector 2 also receives thermal energy provided by contact of surface of the heat collector 2 with air, for example the heat collector 2 can receive heat by means of air convection. The heat collector 2 is in a first circuit 4, which comprises a pump 8 and a first region of a heat exchanger 5.The pump 8 pumps heat carrier medium 9 through the first circuit, and thereby through heat collector 2 (the heat carrier medium 9 entering the heat collector 2 has a temperature equal to or lower than that of said air) and the first region of heat exchanger 5. A second region of the heat exchanger 5 is in a second circuit, which comprises the evaporator of a heat pump 7.
A heat carrier medium flows through the second circuit. Indirect heat exchange in the heat exchange 5 transfers heat from the heat carrier medium 9 in the first circuit to the heat carrier medium in the second circuit. In this way, said thermal energy received by the heat collector 2 is made available to the evaporator of heat pump 7. The heat pump 7 comprises this evaporator and a condenser, the heat pump 7 being able to pump heat from the evaporator to the condenser. The condenser of the heat pump is in a third circuit, which comprises a first region of a heat exchanger 6. A heat carrier flows through the third circuit. A second region of the heat exchanger 6 is in a fourth circuit, which comprises a radiator system inside the house. A heat carrier medium flows in the fourth circuit.Indirect heat exchange in the heat exchanger 6 transfers heat from the heat carrier medium in the third circuit to the heat carrier medium in the fourth circuit. In this way, said thermal energy received by the heat collector 2 is made available to the radiator system in the fourth circuit.
If desired, the heat exchanger 5 can be bypassed in Fig. 1 by means of control valves 22 and 23. Operation of these valves and operation of a control valve in the fourth circuit, this valve having a rotatable Tpassage, can enable the first and fourth circuit to be connected directly together.
A heat accumulator 24 comprising a water tank is in the fourth circuit. Said control valve that has a rotatable T-passage can be used to control flow through the heat accumulator 24 of heat carrier medium in the fourth circuit, whether or not the first and fourth circuits are in communication.
The heat accumulator 24 is one example of means suitable for use in providing equalisation of day and night temperature variations in use of apparatus of the invention.
In Fig. 2, a house roof 1 is provided on its exterior with a heat collector 2, which has a transparent cover 18 (described later below with respect to Figs. 4 and 7). The heat collector 2 is spaced from the exterior of the roof, so as to allow air to circulate between the heat collector 2 and the exterior of the roof. Flowing through the heat collector 2 is a heat carrier medium (similar to the heat carrier medium 9 of Fig. 1), which receives solar thermal energy during surface of the heat collector 2 to the sun.
The heat collector 2 also receives thermal energy during contact of surface of the heat collector 2 with air, for example the heat collector or 2 can receive heat by air convection. The heat collector 2 is in a first circuit, which comprises a region of a heat exchanger 5, a pump 8, and a heat exchanger 20. The heat exchanger 20 is in a ventilation duct of the house of Fig. 2, whereby heat can be transferred from air in said ventilation duct to heat carrier medium in the first circuit. It will be appreciated that the heat exchanger 20 reduces the temperature of air leaving the house via the ventilation duct, the difference between the resultant temperature of this air and the temperature of air outside the house will affect the draught in the ventilation duct, the greater this difference the greater that draught, and vice versa.The operation of pump 8 and heat exchanger 5 in Fig. 2 is similar to the operation of the pump 8 and heat exchanger 5 in Fig. 1. Fig. 2 also contains a heat pump 7 and a heat exchanger 6 similar to the heat pump 7 and heat exchanger 6 of Fig. 1. Thus, similarly to Fig.
1, Fig. 2 contains four circuits, whereby heat from the first circuit comprising heat collector 2 can be transferred to the fourth circuit comprising a second region of heat exchanger 6 and a radiator system inside the house. Fig. 2 shows a fan 21 adjacent the exterior of the ridge of the roof 1. This fan sucks air from attic space under the roof, and directs this air towards the heat collector 2, whereby the heat collector 2 can receive thermal energy from this air.
It will be appreciated from the above description, that Fig. 2 is a modification of
Fig. 1.
In Fig. 1 and Fig. 2, the heat collector 2 has a surface exposed to solar thermal energy, whereby this energy can be received by heat carrier medium flowing through the heat collector 2. This exposed surface can be black (e.g. black paint), so as assist with the absorption of the solar thermal energy.
In Fig. 3, one embodiment of a heat collector 2 comprises two parallel metal sheets 12 and 13, between which are intermediate parallel partitions forming parallel ducts through which heat carrier medium can flow, this heat carrier medium entering the heat collector 2 via a supDly pipe 14 and leaving the heat collector 2 via a discharge piDe 15. The pipes 14 and 15 are connectable in the first circuit of Fig. 1 or
Fig. 2. At least the top surface of the sheet 12 can have a black paint coat for assisting the heat collector 2 to absorb solar thermal energy.
In Fig. 5, a further embodiment of heat collector 2 comprises two parallel, corrugated metal sheets 16 and 17 placed together with their corrugation valleys parallel so as to form parallel ducts through which heat carrier medium can flow. These ducts are connected in series by pipes fitted to the exterior of the heat collector 2. Heat carrier medium enters the heat collector 2 via a supply pipe 14 and leaves the heat collector 2 via a discharge pipe 15. The pipes 14 and 15 are connectable in the first circuit of
Fig. 1 or Fig. 2. At least the top surface of the sheet 16 can have a black paint coat for assisting the heat collector 2 to absorb solar thermal energy.
In Fig. 6, another embodiment of heat collector 2 comprises one corrugated metal sheet with its corrugation valleys parallel so as to form parallel ducts. Pipes extend through these valleys, the pipes being connected in parallel by means of a supply pipe manifold and a discharge pipe manifold, whereby heat carrier medium can flow through said pipes. The supply pipe manifold is connected to a supply pipe 14. The discharge pipe manifold is connected to a discharge pipe 15. The pipes 14 and 15 are connectable in the first circuit of Fig. 1 or
Fig. 2. At least the top surface of the sheet 16 can have a black paint coat for assisting the heat collector 2 to absorb solar thermal energy.
Fig. 4 shows one embodiment of how a heat collector 2 can be provided with a cover to assist with absorbing heat from air surrounding the heat collector 2. In
Fig. 4, a heat collector 2 has a supply pipe 14 and a discharge pipe 15, for heat carrier medium to flow through the heat collector 2. A cover 18 of transparent glass or transparent plastics material is spaced from the heat collector 2, whereby air can pass through the space 19. The cover 18 has a
U-shaped cross section, the leg portions of which section are able to extend at right angles to a roof ridge of a house.
Fig. 7 shows how a heat collector 2 of
Fig. 4 can be provided on its underneath with a layer 24 of thermal insulation.
It will be appreciated from the control valves described with reference to Fig. 1 that apparatus of the present invention can comprise a control system. For example, temperature sensor means can be provided to sense the temperature of heat carrier medium at any predetermined location in the first circuit and/or fourth circuit of Fig.
1 or Fig. 2. Furthermore, temperature sensor means can be provided to sense the temperature of air in the house and/or air outside the house. The control system can be used to enable the apparatus of the present invention to be operated in alternative modes of use. For example, during the hot season, the heat pump 7 can be switched off. If desired, the heat pump 7 can be bypassed by the control valves 22 and 23, and the first and fourth circuits of Fig. 1 be put in communication as described above, for instance with the first circuit in communication with the heat accumulator 24.
If desired, apparatus of the present invention can be provided with additional heat means for providing heat inside the house, for example electrical heating means.
In that apparatus of the present invention provides release of heat into the house, this release of heat could be via for example a radiator system and/or the production of hot water.
WHAT WE CLAIM IS:- 1. Apparatus for providing heat, c om- prising: (a) first circuit means through which heat carrier medium can flow and comprising: thermal energy collector means having duct means through which carrier medium can flow to receive: (i) solar thermal energy provided by exposing surface of said collector means to solar thermal energy, and (ii) thermal energy provided by contact of surface of said collector means with air; (b) second circuit means through which heat carrier medium can flow and comprising: evaporator means of heat pump means, said heat pump means comprising condenser means and said evaporator means, said heat pump means being able to pump heat from said evaporator means in said second circuit means to said condenser means; (c) first heat exchange means for providing heat exchange between said first circuit means and said second circuit means, so that heat can be transferred from said heat carrier medium in said first circuit means to said heat carrier medium in said evaporator means; (d) third circuit means through which heat carrier medium can flow and comprising: said condenser means of said heat pump means; (e) fourth circuit means through which heat carrier medium can flow and comprising: means for releasing heat into a house; and (f) second heat exchange means for providing heat exchange between said third circuit means and said fourth circuit means, so that heat can be transferred from heat exchange medium in said condenser means to heat exchange medium in said fourth circuit means.
2. Apparatus as claimed in claim 1, adapted such that when heat carrier medium enters said duct means, that heat carrier has temperature equal to or lower than that of said air.
3. Apparatus as claimed in claim 1 or 2, wherein at least one said collector means is adjacent and spaced from a roof surface of said house.
4. Apparatus as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein at least one said collector means is adjacent and spaced from a wall surface of said house.
5. Apparatus as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein at least one said collector means comprises black surface for exposure to solar thermal energy.
6. Apparatus as claimed in claim 5, wherein said black surface comprises black paint.
7. Apparatus as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein said duct means comprises at least some ducts connected together in series.
8. Apparatus as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein said duct means comprises at least some ducts connetced together in parallel.
9. Apparatus as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 8, wherein said duct means comprises partition means constituting at least one duct.
10. Apparatus as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 9, wherein said duct means comprises pipe means constituting at least one duct.
11. Apparatus as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 10, wherein said collector means comprises first and second members with at least one said duct means therebetween.
12. Apparatus as claimed in claim 11, wherein at least one of said first and second members is corrugated, at least one corrugation valley being provided with at least one said duct means.
13. Apparatus as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 12, comprising cover means spaced from said collector means so as let air pass between said cover means and said collector means, and enable this air to be at least a portion of said air providing thermal energy this cover means being able to let said collector means receive said solar thermal energy.
14. Apparatus as claimed in claim 13, wherein said cover means has a U-shaped cross section.
15. Apparatus as claimed in claim 14, wherein the leg portions of said U-shaped cross section are able to extend at right angles to a roof ridge of a house,
16. Apparatus as claimed in any one of claims 13 to 15, wherein said cover means is a transparent glass cover.
17. Apparatus as claimed in any one of claims 13 to 15, wherein said cover means is a transparent plastics cover.
18. Apparatus as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 17, comprising insulation for
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1. Apparatus for providing heat, c om- prising: (a) first circuit means through which heat carrier medium can flow and comprising: thermal energy collector means having duct means through which carrier medium can flow to receive: (i) solar thermal energy provided by exposing surface of said collector means to solar thermal energy, and (ii) thermal energy provided by contact of surface of said collector means with air; (b) second circuit means through which heat carrier medium can flow and comprising: evaporator means of heat pump means, said heat pump means comprising condenser means and said evaporator means, said heat pump means being able to pump heat from said evaporator means in said second circuit means to said condenser means; (c) first heat exchange means for providing heat exchange between said first circuit means and said second circuit means, so that heat can be transferred from said heat carrier medium in said first circuit means to said heat carrier medium in said evaporator means; (d) third circuit means through which heat carrier medium can flow and comprising: said condenser means of said heat pump means; (e) fourth circuit means through which heat carrier medium can flow and comprising: means for releasing heat into a house; and (f) second heat exchange means for providing heat exchange between said third circuit means and said fourth circuit means, so that heat can be transferred from heat exchange medium in said condenser means to heat exchange medium in said fourth circuit means.
2. Apparatus as claimed in claim 1, adapted such that when heat carrier medium enters said duct means, that heat carrier has temperature equal to or lower than that of said air.
3. Apparatus as claimed in claim 1 or 2, wherein at least one said collector means is adjacent and spaced from a roof surface of said house.
4. Apparatus as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein at least one said collector means is adjacent and spaced from a wall surface of said house.
5. Apparatus as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein at least one said collector means comprises black surface for exposure to solar thermal energy.
6. Apparatus as claimed in claim 5, wherein said black surface comprises black paint.
7. Apparatus as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein said duct means comprises at least some ducts connected together in series.
8. Apparatus as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein said duct means comprises at least some ducts connetced together in parallel.
9. Apparatus as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 8, wherein said duct means comprises partition means constituting at least one duct.
10. Apparatus as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 9, wherein said duct means comprises pipe means constituting at least one duct.
11. Apparatus as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 10, wherein said collector means comprises first and second members with at least one said duct means therebetween.
12. Apparatus as claimed in claim 11, wherein at least one of said first and second members is corrugated, at least one corrugation valley being provided with at least one said duct means.
13. Apparatus as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 12, comprising cover means spaced from said collector means so as let air pass between said cover means and said collector means, and enable this air to be at least a portion of said air providing thermal energy this cover means being able to let said collector means receive said solar thermal energy.
14. Apparatus as claimed in claim 13, wherein said cover means has a U-shaped cross section.
15. Apparatus as claimed in claim 14, wherein the leg portions of said U-shaped cross section are able to extend at right angles to a roof ridge of a house,
16. Apparatus as claimed in any one of claims 13 to 15, wherein said cover means is a transparent glass cover.
17. Apparatus as claimed in any one of claims 13 to 15, wherein said cover means is a transparent plastics cover.
18. Apparatus as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 17, comprising insulation for
thermally insulating a portion of at least one said collector means.
19. Apparatus as claimed in claim 18, wherein said insulation is located such that it will be underneath a said collector means during use of said apparatus.
20. Apparatus as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 19, comprising means for conveying to at least one said collector means at least a portion of said air providing thermal energy.
21. Apparatus as claimed in claim 20, wherein said means for conveying air is adapted to remove attic air from said house and cause at least a portion of this air to be conveyed to at least one said collector means, and thereby provide at least a portion of said air providing thermal energy.
22. Apparatus as claimed in claim 20 or 21, wherein said means for conveying air comprises fan means.
23. Apparatus as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 22, comprising third heat exchange means, this heat exchange means being in said first circuit means and locatable so as to allow heat exchange between a ventilation duct of a house and said first circuit means, whereby heat can be transferred from air in said ventilation duct to heat carrier medium in said first circuit means.
24. Apparatus as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 24, comprising heat accumulator means connected or connectable to at least one said circuit means.
25. Apparatus as claimed in claim 24, wherein a said heat accumulator means is connected or connectable to said first circuit means and/or said fourth circuit means.
26. Apparatus as claimed in claim 24 or 25, wherein at least one said heat accumulator means is present which comprises a water tank.
27. Apparatus as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 26, comprising additional heat means for providing heat inside said house.
28. Apparatus as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 27, comprising control means for controlling operation of at least a portion of said apparatus.
29. Apparatus as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 28, wherein said first circuit means is connectable directly to said fourth circuit means.
30. An apparatus as claimed in claim 1, substantially as hereinbefore described with reference to and as shown in Figs. 1 and 3 to 7 of the accompanying drawings.
31. An apparatus as claimed in claim 1, substantially as hereinbefore described with reference to and as shown in Figs. 2 and 3 to 7 of the accompanying drawings.
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| SE7512982A SE420761B (en) | 1975-11-19 | 1975-11-19 | DEVICE FOR COLLECTION OF HEAT AND SOLAR ENERGY IN A HOUSE |
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| PS | Patent sealed [section 19, patents act 1949] | ||
| PCNP | Patent ceased through non-payment of renewal fee |