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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 14, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 20, 2015
Applicant:
Mark W Miles, Atlanta, GA (US);
Inventor:
Mark W Miles, Atlanta, GA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F24J 2/10 (2006.01); F24J 2/28 (2006.01); F24J 2/50 (2006.01); F24J 2/46 (2006.01); F24J 2/52 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F24J 2/28 (2013.01); F24J 2/1047 (2013.01); F24J 2/505 (2013.01); F24J 2002/4656 (2013.01); F24J 2002/5275 (2013.01); Y02E 10/44 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49355 (2015.01);
Abstract
In one embodiment a solar collector is provided. The collector has a modular heat transfer component, which includes a heat transfer core to heat up a heat transfer fluid in the form of an aerogel. The heat transfer core positioned comprises a light absorption element, and a fluid transfer element in the form of an aerogel. The aero gel comprises voids shaped and dimensioned to support passive pumping of the heat transfer fluid therethrough.