Inventors:
Jack E. Tetirick - Columbus OH
International Classification:
F24J 302
Abstract:
A solar energy heating panel is provided for mounting in a building wall to effect heating of the air in an interior building space. A plurality of the heating panels are mounted in parallel relationship in a supporting structure for angular rotation about horizontal pivot axes to selected position. Each of the heating panels includes a heat-transfer controlling panel and a cellular unit mounted on one surface of the controlling panel, the opposite surface of the controlling panel being reflective of solar radiation. The cellular units are formed with mutually intersecting, longitudinally and transversely extending walls disposed in upstanding relationship to the controlling panel surface and which define a plurality of individual cells that are open at an end remote to the controlling panel surface. The longitudinally extending walls are disposed parallel to the axes of rotation and have a plurality of apertures formed therein to permit airflow transversely through each cell. All wall surfaces of each cell, except one longitudinal wall surface, are coated with a material to enhance absorption of solar radiation, the longitudinally and transversely extending walls being formed from a metal having a relatively high coefficient of thermal conductivity.
