TRANSPIRED SOLAR COLLECTOR

• Main Authors: HALL, RICHARD, BLOWER, ANDREW JOHN
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French
• Published: 19.01.2017
• Subjects: APPARATUS THEREFOR; BLASTING; CHEMICAL SURFACE TREATMENT; CHEMISTRY; COATING BY VACUUM EVAPORATION, BY SPUTTERING, BY ION IMPLANTATIONOR BY CHEMICAL VAPOUR DEPOSITION, IN GENERAL; COATING BY VACUUM EVAPORATION, BY SPUTTERING, BY IONIMPLANTATION OR BY CHEMICAL VAPOUR DEPOSITION, IN GENERAL; COATING MATERIAL WITH METALLIC MATERIAL; COATING METALLIC MATERIAL; DIFFUSION TREATMENT OF METALLIC MATERIAL; ELECTROFORMING; ELECTROLYTIC OR ELECTROPHORETIC PROCESSES; FLUID HEATERS, e.g. WATER OR AIR HEATERS, HAVING HEATGENERATING MEANS, IN GENERAL; HEATING; INHIBITING CORROSION OF METALLIC MATERIAL OR INCRUSTATION INGENERAL; LIGHTING; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; METALLURGY; PROCESSES FOR THE ELECTROLYTIC OR ELECTROPHORETIC PRODUCTIONOF COATINGS; RANGES; SOLAR HEAT COLLECTORS; SOLAR HEAT SYSTEMS; SURFACE TREATMENT OF METALLIC MATERIAL BY DIFFUSION INTO THESURFACE, BY CHEMICAL CONVERSION OR SUBSTITUTION; VENTILATING; WEAPONS

A transpired solar collector (100) comprising: an absorber panel (108) having a body (118) formed of stainless steel; a surface layer (120) of chromium oxide on an exterior face (122) of the body (118); and a plurality of through-holes (110) formed through the body (118) and surface layer (120), wherein the surface layer (120) has a thickness (126) of at least 70 nanometres. L'invention concerne un mur solaire (100) comprenant : un panneau absorbant (108) présentant un corps (118) constitué d'acier inoxydable ; une couche superficielle (120) d'oxyde de chrome sur une face extérieure (122) du corps (118) ; et une pluralité de trous traversants (110) formés à travers le corps (118) et la couche superficielle (120), ladite couche superficielle (120) présentant une épaisseur (126) d'au moins 70 nanomètres.