GB2456939A - Solar energy collection, storage and release apparatus - Google Patents

Solar energy collection, storage and release apparatus Download PDF

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GB2456939A
GB2456939A GB0906865A GB0906865A GB2456939A GB 2456939 A GB2456939 A GB 2456939A GB 0906865 A GB0906865 A GB 0906865A GB 0906865 A GB0906865 A GB 0906865A GB 2456939 A GB2456939 A GB 2456939A
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F24—HEATING; RANGES; VENTILATING
    • F24S—SOLAR HEAT COLLECTORS; SOLAR HEAT SYSTEMS
    • F24S60/00—Arrangements for storing heat collected by solar heat collectors
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F28—HEAT EXCHANGE IN GENERAL
    • F28D—HEAT-EXCHANGE APPARATUS, NOT PROVIDED FOR IN ANOTHER SUBCLASS, IN WHICH THE HEAT-EXCHANGE MEDIA DO NOT COME INTO DIRECT CONTACT
    • F28D20/00—Heat storage plants or apparatus in general; Regenerative heat-exchange apparatus not covered by groups F28D17/00 or F28D19/00
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F24—HEATING; RANGES; VENTILATING
    • F24D—DOMESTIC- OR SPACE-HEATING SYSTEMS, e.g. CENTRAL HEATING SYSTEMS; DOMESTIC HOT-WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS; ELEMENTS OR COMPONENTS THEREFOR
    • F24D11/00—Central heating systems using heat accumulated in storage masses
    • F24D11/002—Central heating systems using heat accumulated in storage masses water heating system
    • F24D11/003—Central heating systems using heat accumulated in storage masses water heating system combined with solar energy
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F24—HEATING; RANGES; VENTILATING
    • F24H—FLUID HEATERS, e.g. WATER OR AIR HEATERS, HAVING HEAT-GENERATING MEANS, e.g. HEAT PUMPS, IN GENERAL
    • F24H7/00—Storage heaters, i.e. heaters in which the energy is stored as heat in masses for subsequent release
    • F24H7/02—Storage heaters, i.e. heaters in which the energy is stored as heat in masses for subsequent release the released heat being conveyed to a transfer fluid
    • F24H7/04—Storage heaters, i.e. heaters in which the energy is stored as heat in masses for subsequent release the released heat being conveyed to a transfer fluid with forced circulation of the transfer fluid
    • F24J2/34—
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F24—HEATING; RANGES; VENTILATING
    • F24S—SOLAR HEAT COLLECTORS; SOLAR HEAT SYSTEMS
    • F24S10/00—Solar heat collectors using working fluids
    • F24S10/70—Solar heat collectors using working fluids the working fluids being conveyed through tubular absorbing conduits
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F24—HEATING; RANGES; VENTILATING
    • F24D—DOMESTIC- OR SPACE-HEATING SYSTEMS, e.g. CENTRAL HEATING SYSTEMS; DOMESTIC HOT-WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS; ELEMENTS OR COMPONENTS THEREFOR
    • F24D2200/00—Heat sources or energy sources
    • F24D2200/14—Solar energy
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F24—HEATING; RANGES; VENTILATING
    • F24D—DOMESTIC- OR SPACE-HEATING SYSTEMS, e.g. CENTRAL HEATING SYSTEMS; DOMESTIC HOT-WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS; ELEMENTS OR COMPONENTS THEREFOR
    • F24D2220/00—Components of central heating installations excluding heat sources
    • F24D2220/08—Storage tanks
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F24—HEATING; RANGES; VENTILATING
    • F24D—DOMESTIC- OR SPACE-HEATING SYSTEMS, e.g. CENTRAL HEATING SYSTEMS; DOMESTIC HOT-WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS; ELEMENTS OR COMPONENTS THEREFOR
    • F24D2220/00—Components of central heating installations excluding heat sources
    • F24D2220/10—Heat storage materials, e.g. phase change materials or static water enclosed in a space
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F24—HEATING; RANGES; VENTILATING
    • F24D—DOMESTIC- OR SPACE-HEATING SYSTEMS, e.g. CENTRAL HEATING SYSTEMS; DOMESTIC HOT-WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS; ELEMENTS OR COMPONENTS THEREFOR
    • F24D2240/00—Characterizing positions, e.g. of sensors, inlets, outlets
    • F24D2240/10—Placed within or inside of
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F24—HEATING; RANGES; VENTILATING
    • F24D—DOMESTIC- OR SPACE-HEATING SYSTEMS, e.g. CENTRAL HEATING SYSTEMS; DOMESTIC HOT-WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS; ELEMENTS OR COMPONENTS THEREFOR
    • F24D2240/00—Characterizing positions, e.g. of sensors, inlets, outlets
    • F24D2240/22—Placed at bottom position
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02A—TECHNOLOGIES FOR ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02A30/00—Adapting or protecting infrastructure or their operation
    • Y02A30/60—Planning or developing urban green infrastructure
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02B—CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO BUILDINGS, e.g. HOUSING, HOUSE APPLIANCES OR RELATED END-USER APPLICATIONS
    • Y02B10/00—Integration of renewable energy sources in buildings
    • Y02B10/20—Solar thermal
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02E—REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION
    • Y02E10/00—Energy generation through renewable energy sources
    • Y02E10/40—Solar thermal energy, e.g. solar towers
    • Y02E10/44—Heat exchange systems
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02E—REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION
    • Y02E60/00—Enabling technologies; Technologies with a potential or indirect contribution to GHG emissions mitigation
    • Y02E60/14—Thermal energy storage
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02E—REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION
    • Y02E70/00—Other energy conversion or management systems reducing GHG emissions
    • Y02E70/30—Systems combining energy storage with energy generation of non-fossil origin

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Abstract

An apparatus for collecting, storing and releasing solar energy comprises a combined solar heat storage and heat radiation system. The apparatus may capture solar energy using a solar energy collector 1. Preferably, the apparatus does not employ a separate hot water tank for heat storage and/or heat release, but advantageously releases solar energy to the surrounding environment by a heat radiator mechanism 5. Preferably, the apparatus transfers and stores solar energy in a heat retaining medium 7 integrated within the radiator, and then releases solar energy stored in the medium during periods of solar inactivity. The apparatus may further comprise a solar powered pump 10, connected into a closed fluid network distribution system, with mechanisms to control its operation.

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Solar energy collection, storage and release device.
This invention relates to a device for collecting, storing and releasing solar energy.
Solar energy can be collected using a variety of methods, for example direct radiated solar heat absorption. There are also a number of methods for storing solar energy once it has been collected, such as hot water storage tanks, and captured solar energy can then be released for example using mechanisms such as heat emitting radiators. Consequently there could be at least three distinct components to a solar energy capture system, namely collection, storage and release units, the complexity of some existing solar energy capture devices being due directly to the number of units required.
To overcome this problem, the present invention proposes that the solar energy storage and solar energy release systems are combined, the solar energy storage system being fed with solar energy carried from the solar energy collector by means of a closed fluid network. The integrated solar energy release system stores and distributes solar energy carried within the closed fluid network, stored in a heat-retaining medium and released through a heat radiator mechanism.
The combination of the solar energy storage and solar energy release systems reduces the complexity of the device, and by removing the requirement for a separate hot water storage tank, simplifies manufacture and installation.
The device is more self-contained than existing systems by reducing the number of separate components, and is self-powered by the inclusion of a solar powered circulating pump inserted into the closed fluid network.
The invention will now be described solely by way of example and with reference to the accompanying drawings in which: Figure 1 shows the solar energy collector, solar powered pump and combined solar energy storage and radiator unit.
In figure 1 a solar energy collector 1 containing a closed fluid network captures solar energy using a tube arranged to maximise solar energy collection 2, in the drawing illustrated by multiple bends and returns of the tube. The closed fluid network outlet 3 is connected via a tube, which enters the combined storage/radiator unit 4. The casing of the storage/radiator unit 5 completely encloses the unit. The fluid circulating in the closed fluid network flows into the casing of the storage/radiator unit 6, and circulates in close proximity to a heat-retaining medium 7, which is integrated into the storage/radiator casing. Heat carried in the fluid and held within the heat-retaining medium is conducted to the surrounding environment through the casing of the storage/radiator unit. The closed fluid network outlet from the storage/radiator unit 8 is connected via a tube 9 to a solar powered pump 10 with mechanisms to control its operation. The closed fluid network outlet from the solar powered pump is connected via a tube 11 to the solar energy collector to complete the closed fluid network.

Claims (7)

  1. Claims 1. A device for collecting, storing and releasing solar energy comprising a combined solar heat storage and heat radiation system.
  2. 2. A device for collecting, storing and releasing solar energy according to claim 1, that captures solar energy using a solar energy collector.
  3. 3. A device for collecting, storing and releasing solar energy according to claim 1, that does not have a separate hot water tank for heat storage and/or heat release.
  4. 4. A device for collecting, storing and releasing solar energy according to claim 1, that releases solar energy to the surrounding environment by a heat radiator mechanism.
  5. 5. A device for collecting, storing and releasing solar energy according to claim 1, that transfers and stores solar energy in a heat retentive medium integrated within the radiator.
  6. 6. A device for collecting, storing and releasing solar energy according to claim 1, that releases solar energy stored in the heat retentive medium according to claim 5, during periods of solar inactivity.
  7. 7. A device for collecting, storing and releasing solar energy according to claim I, that has a solar powered pump connected into a closed fluid network distribution system with mechanisms to control its operation.
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US4213448A (en) * 1978-08-24 1980-07-22 Hebert Raymond T Thermosiphon solar space heating system with phase change materials
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US2595905A (en) * 1946-08-29 1952-05-06 Telkes Maria Radiant energy heat transfer device
US4083490A (en) * 1976-02-26 1978-04-11 John Joseph Cunningham Solar supplemental heating system
US4183350A (en) * 1976-05-20 1980-01-15 Werner Staudacher Prefabricated outer wall element
JPS558523A (en) * 1978-06-30 1980-01-22 Matsushita Electric Works Ltd Heat insulation wall
US4213448A (en) * 1978-08-24 1980-07-22 Hebert Raymond T Thermosiphon solar space heating system with phase change materials
GB2103783A (en) * 1981-08-10 1983-02-23 Euratom Solar heating
GB2426984A (en) * 2006-04-20 2006-12-13 Antonios Sagkionis Solar heating system comprising a heat transfer fluid flowing through bricks including apertures

Cited By (1)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
CN107940771A (en) * 2017-11-10 2018-04-20 上海交通大学 A kind of solar energy optical-thermal/paddy electricity heat accumulation complementation heat storage and heat supply system

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