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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 05, 1978
Filed:
Sep. 19, 1977
Jess W Oren, III, Washington Boro, PA (US);
Eugene M Kirchner, Maytown, PA (US);
Charles F Wehry, Jr, Lancaster, PA (US);
Armstrong Cork Company, Lancaster, PA (US);
Abstract
A solar energy collector in which gas is heated comprising a substantially transparent outer member overlying a corrugated, thermally conductive absorbent transformer means separated from the outer member by a longitudinal fluid space. The corrugations of the thermally conductive absorbent transformer are disposed at an angle in the collector and the transparent outer member is separated from the peaks of the corrugations by an amount such that the flow of gas through the collector assumes a helical pattern. Efficient scrubbing of the thermally conductive absorbent transformer surface results.