545 results about "Solar heater" patented technology

The present disclosure provides an integrated power generating system and method that combines combustion power generation with solar heating. Specifically, a closed cycle combustion system utilizing a carbon dioxide working fluid can be increased in efficiency by passing at least a portion of a carbon dioxide working fluid through a solar heater prior to passage through a combustor.

A water heater system is provided with a solar water heater and an electric water heater having one or more electric heating elements. The solar and electric water heaters are configured to provide a common hot water output. A controller is operatively configured with the water heaters and receives a first signal indicative of a current power demand state of an associated electric utility. In response to the received signal, the controller operates the electric water heater in an energy savings mode during periods of high power demand wherein power consumption of the electric heating elements is restricted. The controller is operatively configured to modulate the degree of power consumption restriction placed on the electric heating elements in the energy savings mode as a function of current hot water supply capacity of the solar water heater.

A desalination plant, includes a sea water intake, a desalination unit having a reverse osmosis or a thermal desalination unit, a fresh water outlet and a brine outlet. The plant also includes a salinity gradient power unit having a brine inlet, a seawater inlet and a mixed water outlet. The brine outlet is connected to the brine inlet and the salinity gradient power unit is arranged to generate an electrical current. A solar power heater is between the brine outlet and the brine inlet. A method for reducing the power consumption of a desalination plant providing fresh water and brine from sea water, includes a first step of providing a salinity gradient power unit, a next step of feeding the salinity gradient power unit with brine from the desalination plant as high salinity feed and sea water as low salinity feed. A subsequent step heats the brine with solar power prior to feeding the brine to the salinity gradient power unit, followed by the steps of generating an electrical current in the salinity gradient power unit and using the electrical current as an energy source for the desalination plant.

This invention provides novel devices and methods for the heating of air with solar radiant energy. The devices of the present invention feature a housing partitioned into essentially isolated sections wherein the sections are in fluid communication with each other through a plurality of channels located within the partitions. The two unique features of the invention, essentially isolated sections and partitions comprising a plurality of channels, increase the temperature achieved by the solar heater by 1) creating multiple, sequential sections that function independently of each other providing a higher starting temperature in each section and, therefore, a higher final temperature, 2) providing second means of heating the air within the channels located within the partitions and, 3) by virtually eliminating the mixing of incoming cold air with the heated air of the solar air heater.

The invention provides a zero-consumption seawater desalination facility based on comprehensive utilization of solar energy and belongs to the technical field of seawater desalination. The facility comprises a bubbling evaporator, a saline water tank, a fresh water tank and a solar energy utilization device. A solar energy air type heat collector is connected with a bubbler to heat up air entering the bubbling evaporator; a solar heater is connected with the bubbling evaporator to heat saline water in the evaporator; a solar photovoltaic cell panel is connected with a water tank, an induced draft fan, a solenoid and an accumulator through a solar photovoltaic controller to provide power for the whole facility, and the accumulator serves as a standby auxiliary power supply. Once being generated by the bubbler, air bubbles are subjected to heat and mass transfer with saline water in the bubbling evaporator continuously during rising so as to absorb moisture. High-humidity air is introduced to the saline water tank from the bubbling evaporator to achieve condensing and back heating, and vapor is condensed to generate fresh water to flow into the fresh water tank while saline water is preheated. The facility utilizes solar energy comprehensively, is effective, and is simple in structure and easy to promote.

This invention provides novel devices and methods for the heating of air with solar radiant energy. The devices of the present invention feature a housing partitioned into essentially isolated sections wherein the sections are in fluid communication with each other through a plurality of channels located within the partitions. The two unique features of the invention, essentially isolated sections and partitions comprising a plurality of channels, increase the temperature achieved by the solar heater by 1) creating multiple, sequential sections that function independently of each other providing a higher starting temperature in each section and, therefore, a higher final temperature, 2) providing second means of heating the air within the channels located within the partitions and, 3) by virtually eliminating the mixing of incoming cold air with the heated air of the solar air heater.

The invented operation mode is to form negative pressure environment, atomizating at first, then evaporating. Evaporation tank is core of the system which consists of evaporation tank, condensation tank, liquid level tank, solar heater, water collecting tank, compression pump, vacuum pump, raw water tank, dense saline water tank, fresh water tank, heating unit, spray nozzle, air-water separator, heat transfer unit and autocontrolling system, changement of elevation level from 9M to 7M of the liquid level tank is utilized to form negative pressure area inside the evaporation tank, condensation tank and water collecting tank to reduce boiling point of seawater, heating unit is utilized to supply heat energy to make atomizated water temp. reaching boiling point, spray nozzle is used to atomizate seawater to be easy gasificated and evaporated, heat transfer unit is used to realize rapid condensation of vapour.

The invention relates to a heat radiator module special for a concentrating photovoltaic solar heater, and belongs to the technical field of solar power generation. The heat radiator module comprises primary cooling fins, secondary cooling fins, heat radiator base plates and concentrating photovoltaic photoelectric conversion receiver mounting areas. A primary cooling fin array and secondary cooling fin arrays in two different shapes are arranged on one side of each heat radiator base plate, the secondary cooling fins are arranged in a progressively decreasing mode from the primary cooling fins in the centers to the peripheries according to the height, and the concentrating photovoltaic photoelectric conversion receiver mounting areas are arranged on the other sides of the heat radiator base plates. A heat radiator is simple in structure and low in manufacturing cost. The cooling fins of the heat radiator are arranged in an array mode, the weight is reduced, that is, the secondary cooling fins are lower than the primary cooling fins, and therefore it can be guaranteed that heat on the primary cooling fins is transferred into air fast, and the heat radiation effect of the heat radiator is greatly improved. Multiple heat radiators can be mounted at a time, and processing efficiency is improved greatly.

The invention discloses a solar water heater, which comprises a water tank for storing heated hot water, wherein the water tank is of a cubic structure, and a heat-preservation layer is arranged on the outside of the cubic structure; the heat-preservation layer is a heat-preservation building block; the heat-preservation building block is formed by combining a concrete substrate (1) and a vacuum insulation panel (2); the vacuum insulation panel (2) is positioned in an open groove of the concrete substrate (1); self-defined grooves are formed in the left and right sides of the heat-preservation building block, and polystyrene boards or inorganic heat-preservation mortar can be filled in the self-defined grooves to partition a thermal bridge. The solar water heater is provided with the heat-preservation building block, so that the loss of heat is effectively prevented, and energy resources are saved.

The invention discloses an anti-freezing fluid for a solar water heater. The anti-freezing fluid is composed of the following components by weight percent: 36-57 percent of glycol, 0.1-0.4 percent of 1H-Benzotriazole, 01.-0.4 percent of mercaptobenzothiazole, 0.5-2 percent of sodium benzoate, 0.1-0.5 percent of sodium gluconate, 1-2 percent of cinnamic acid, 0.5-2 percent of borax, 0.1-1 percent of sodium phosphate, 0.15-0.25 percent of sodium nitrate, 0.1-0.3 percent of sodium hydroxide, 0.005-0.03 percent of an antifoamer, 0.001-0.006 percent of dye and deionized water in balancing amount. The anti-freezing fluid is good in stability, has the PH rangeability smaller than that of a common anti-freezing fluid at high temperature for a long time, does not separate out particles and flocculent precipitates to block a pipeline, and has good rust inhibition effect on metal material for manufacturing the solar heater. Moreover, the invention further provides a preparation method for the anti-freezing fluid, which is simple and easy to operate.

In a hot water supply system having a solar heater that heats a heating medium with absorbed solar heat, a cogeneration unit that heats the medium by heat exhausted from an engine, a hot water supply unit with a heat exchanger for heat-exchanging between the medium and water supplied from a water supply source to generate the hot water, a medium circulator that circulates the medium among the solar heater, cogeneration unit and heat exchanger, an electric heater that heats the hot water with the power generated by the generator, a heat absorption amount to be adsorbed by the solar heater is estimated and operations of the cogeneration unit and the electric heater are controlled based on the estimated heat absorption amount, thereby enabling to improve energy efficiency of the entire system.

An improved thermosiphon solar heater is disclosed. The thermosiphon solar heater includes a substantially planar collector including a plurality of heat exchanger channels that are positioned next to one another in a parallel relationship. The thermosiphoning solar heater also includes a pair of headers fluidly coupled to the collector. A first header is disposed at a top end of the collector. A second header is disposed at a bottom end of the collector. The thermosiphoning solar heater further includes one or more exposed storage tanks fluidly coupled to the header and positioned in a side by side relationship next to the collector.

An improved thermosiphon solar heater is disclosed. The thermosiphon solar heater includes a substantially planar collector including a plurality of heat exchanger channels that are positioned next to one another in a parallel relationship. The thermosiphoning solar heater also includes a pair of headers fluidly coupled to the collector. A first header is disposed at a top end of the collector. A second header is disposed at a bottom end of the collector. The thermosiphoning solar heater further includes one or more exposed storage tanks fluidly coupled to the header and positioned in a side by side relationship next to the collector.

The invention discloses a solar membrane distillation seawater desalination plant for a sea island. The solar membrane distillation seawater desalination plant comprises a membrane module, a filter, a raw water pump, a solar heater, a solar thermoelectric system, a desalted water tank and pipelines used for connection of the above mentioned parts. The raw water pump is connected with an inlet of the filter; an outlet of the filter is connected with a cold seawater inlet of the membrane module; a cold seawater outlet of the membrane module is connected with a water inlet of the solar heater; an outlet of the solar heater is connected with a hot seawater inlet of the membrane module; and a water producing outlet at the bottom of the membrane module is connected with the desalted water tank. The solar membrane distillation seawater desalination plant for a sea island provided by the invention has the advantages of a high heat recovery rate, simple equipment, no need for electric power, low operation cost, etc.

The invention relates to a saline treatment system and method belonging to the technical field of water treatment. A concentrating type solar heater, a steam generator, a vacuum multi-effect distillation device, a saline pump, a fresh water pump, a saline heater, an oil pool, an oil pump and a gas and water separator are used in the system and method. High-temperature heat conducting oil generated by the concentrating type solar heater is respectively conveyed to the steam generator and the saline heater, saline pumped in the saline heater is heated to high-temperature saline and then conveyed to the vacuum multi-effect distillation device, and fresh water pumped in the steam generator is heated to steam and then conveyed to the vacuum multi-effect distillation device. Strong saline is finally discharged. As the saline is heated by the high-temperature heat conducting oil generated by solar energy so as to generate the high-temperature saline, and the cycling utilization fo the steam is formed by utilizing gas and water separation, the steam quantity required by a heat exchange evaporator of the vacuum multi-effect distillation device can be greatly reduced. Furthermore, the evaporation efficiency of the saline can be greatly increased, and equipment investment can be reduced.

An air-to-air heat exchanging solar heater consists of at least one panel having a frame surrounding a mounting plate. At least one column of recycled aluminum cans consisting of about 17 cans stacked end to end. Each respective can has its top removed (thus having an open top) and the bottom wall having a plurality of holes, preferably four to eight holes ¾″ in diameter. A baffled air column is therefore defined by the end-to-end stacked cans. A low power fan draws air through the column. Preferably, the at least one panel includes 17 columns of 17 cans and the entire assembly (except for the clear panel) is painted black with a high-temperature paint. The at least one panel includes hardware to create an air passage to an existing heating system and draws fresh air from outside.

The present invention is solar water heater and basin with automatic temperature regulating mechanical valve. The valve installed on the basin has water inlet port, water outlet port and emptying port, and its water outlet port and emptying port are connected via pipe to the two sides of the solar heater separately. When the valve is set in the "open" position, the upper and the lower water pipe passage is communicated; when the valve is in the "close" position, the passage is emptied. When the heater is in use, the hot water is mixed with tap water in the valve to proper temperature. The water tank in the water heater has water pressure resisting, heat pressure resisting and heat insulating functions.

The invention relates to a polymer-based solar collector, which comprises a polymer glass cover plate, a polymer collector tube and a polymer insulating and reflecting plate. All the main components of the polymer-based solar collector are made of polymer materials, and the solar collector has the advantages of reasonable design, good collecting effect, convenient processing, low cost, high efficiency, wide scope of application, long service life and the like. Moreover, the polymer-based solar collector not only can be used as the collector of the solar heater, but also can be used as the indoor heater.

A reflector apparatus that includes reflector slats that reflect light from the sun onto solar panels, solar heaters, solar generators or the like is described. The reflector slats may be supported on upright poles and may be tiltable to reflect or to focus light onto the solar panels based on a sun tracker or a heat sensor output. In a default or collapsed position, based on readings from a wind sensor, the reflector slats are moved down on the poles to avoid risk of being damaged by heavy winds or other weather conditions

An apparatus for cooling, comprising: a liquid pump for transport of fluid through a heating cycle, an external heat source for heating the fluid in the heating cycle, for example a solar heater directly connected to the heating cycle or connected through a heat exchanger, an expander with an expander inlet and an expander outlet, the expander inlet having a fluid connection to the external heat source for receiving fluid in the gas phase to drive the expander by expanding the fluid, a compressor with a compressor inlet and a compressor outlet, the compressor being driven by the expander for compressing working fluid from a low pressure compressor inlet gas to a high pressure compressor outlet gas, a first heat exchanger with a fluid connection to the compressor outlet and connected to the expander inlet for transfer of heat from the high pressure compressor outlet gas to the fluid in the heating cycle, a second heat exchanger with a condenser for condensing the working fluid from the expander by energy transfer to a second fluid of lower temperature, for example ambient air, a third heat exchanger with evaporator for evaporating the working fluid from the second heat exchanger by energy transfer from a third fluid and for creating a desired cooling effect in the third fluid. Particularly, according to the invention, the first heat exchanger is connected to the heating cycle between the external heat source and the expander inlet.

A solar receiver (9) is integrated with a heat recovery steam generator (1) to provide additional heat input to the same and increase the steam output. According to embodiments of the invention, a solar heater provides re-heating of a portion of exhaust gases of the HRSG, or a portion of the feedwater is evaporated totally or partially in a solar evaporator, obtaining a steam flow. A corresponding process generating power in a combined cycle and a method for boosting a conventional HRSG are disclosed.

A thermal tubular panel style solar energy collector consists of upper circulating pipes, lower circulating pipes, and heat collecting pipes, which are equipped with heat-exchanging ribs, connected with them. One at least exchanging pipe is installed in the upper circulating pipes and with both ends extending out. The chamber sealed by the said pipes is filled with liquid media, which is converted between gas and liquid phases to transfer heat energy. It works efficiently and weatherproof in cold winter and with no scales inside.

The invention discloses a self-cleaning solar water heater comprising a water heater body. The water heater body comprises a water storage tank, a machine frame and a heat collection pipe. The inner wall and the outer wall of the bottom side of the water storage tank are provided with a metal piece and a power generation piece correspondingly, a silica gel layer is arranged on the side wall of thewater storage tank and located between the metal piece and the power generation piece, the side wall on one side of the machine frame is provided with a high-frequency pulse power source, positive and negative binding posts of the high-frequency pulse power source are electrically connected with positive and negative poles of the power generation piece correspondingly, the side wall on one side of the machine frame is provided with multiple T-shaped sliding grooves, the side walls of the lower sides of the multiple T-shaped sliding grooves are connected with T-shaped sliding blocks matched with the T-shaped sliding grooves through conductive springs, the side wall of the outer side of the heat collection pipe is sleeved with cleaning pipes in a sliding mode, and one sides of the cleaningpipes are connected with the side walls of the T-shaped sliding blocks through connection rods. By means of the self-cleaning solar water heater, the heat collection pipe can be automatically and effectively cleaned, and normal work of the solar water heater is ensured.

The invention discloses a solar water heater comprising a water heater body. The water heater body is connected with a solar heat collector which comprises a shell, an inner container, a water inlet pipe, a water outlet pipe and a main controller. The solar water heater is characterized in that the inner container is provided with an optical wave heater, the optical wave heater is composed of a quartz tube, an electric heating wire and a sheath, and the quartz tube is hermetically fixed in the sheath. The solar water heater is simple in structure and capable of realizing water and electricity separation, purifying water and inhibiting bacteria, and has a good popularization value, and service life of the solar water heater is prolonged.

A solar heater comprises one or more portable panels for collecting heat from the sun and providing it to a space to be heated. The panels include collector plates within a double glazed frame. The collector plate is formed of black corrugated steel, and heats up quickly in the sun. A blower blows air into an input manifold and across the collector plate, perpendicular to the corrugations, and the heated air exits via an output manifold. A sensor controls when the blower operates.

The invention relates to an excess heat recovery device for shower waste water, comprising a waste water collecting plastic tray and a circular heat change metal coil pipe fixed in the waste water collecting plastic tray. When a user takes a shower standing on the excess heat recovery device for waste water, flowing waste water has a certain residual temperature. After collected by the waste water tray, the residual temperature and cold water in the cavity of the heat change metal pipe exchange heat. The cold water rises to a certain temperature to heat a heater which can rapidly reach a required temperature so that the energy source is saved. The invention has simple structure, high recovery rate, practicality and convenience, and can be matched with various heaters heated by electricity, coal gas, solar energy, and the like.

The invention discloses a dispersive household sewage treatment system for high and cold areas. The system comprises an anaerobic digester, a biofilter and an artificial wetland. Household sewage enters the anaerobic digester through a water inlet manifold, enters into the biofilter through a water outlet tube after hydrolytic acidification, and the sewage is uniformly distributed in a filter material through a filter head, so that a biofilm where the sewage is adhered to the surface of the filter material is in full contact for purification; an effluent enters the artificial wetland through a porous partition plate and is further purified and discharged through a water outlet manifold; and the anaerobic digester is of a pre-buried steel concrete structure. A biogas collecting tube and a solar top cover are arranged on the top of the digester. The biogas collecting tube is connected to a biogas capacity system, the solar top cover is connected to a solar heater, and produced heat is used for heating the anaerobic digester. Exhaust gas discharged by the biogas capacity system is introduced into the artificial wetland, the raw materials are provided for photosynthesis of planted crops while the temperature in the shed of the artificial wetland is increased by applying greenhouse gas, and growth of the crops of the artificial wetland is promoted.

A desalination plant, includes a sea water intake, a desalination unit having a reverse osmosis or a thermal desalination unit, a fresh water outlet and a brine outlet. The plant also includes a salinity gradient power unit having a brine inlet, a seawater inlet and a mixed water outlet. The brine outlet is connected to the brine inlet and the salinity gradient power unit is arranged to generate an electrical current. A solar power heater is between the brine outlet and the brine inlet. A method for reducing the power consumption of a desalination plant providing fresh water and brine from sea water, includes a first step of providing a salinity gradient power unit, a next step of feeding the salinity gradient power unit with brine from the desalination plant as high salinity feed and sea water as low salinity feed. A subsequent step heats the brine with solar power prior to feeding the brine to the salinity gradient power unit, followed by the steps of generating an electrical current in the salinity gradient power unit and using the electrical current as an energy source for the desalination plant.

The invention discloses a method for generating electricity by coupling and complementing solar energy-biomass energy-hydrogen energy, comprising the following steps: first biomasses are added into a gasifier, and generated biomass syngas enters a generator to generate electric energy after being processed; under the condition of sunniness, the biomass syngas is completely processed and added with hydrogen to be synthesized into methanol gas and water in a methanol synthesis tower, the synthesized methanol is heated in a solar heater and then decomposed into a gas mixture of H2 and CO in a methanol thermal decomposer, and the gas mixture enters the generator to generate the electric energy. The method adopts the biomass energy as a complement of the hydrogen energy and the solar energy during thermal electricity generation and can give full play to the potential of the generator; the biomass energy is used for independently generating electricity without sun, and with sun, the solar energy and the hydrogen energy are used for assisting the biomass energy to generate electricity, thus not only avoiding the sulfide which can not be completely removed from the single biomass energy from corroding gas generators, but also ensuring the stability of network electric power, greatly reducing the electricity generation cost, fully showing the advantage of complementation of the three kinds of energy and realizing round-the-clock operation of the generator.

A solar-energy lithium chloride demoistener is composed of a regenerating unit consisting of regeneration pump and regeneration tank, a demoistening unit comprising main sprinkle pump and demoistening tank, the solar heater and / or electric heater, and refrigerating unit consisting of evaporator and condenser. Its demoistening flow features that the lithium chloride solution in the regeneration tank is pumped through solar heater and electric heater and then sprinkled, and the heated air is guided by blower to the lower part of regeneration tank.