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Solar-curing-and-drying-structure-and-method-of-utilizing-solar-energy-associated-with-available-solar-radiation-in-curing-and-drying-various-materials

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Details

Inventors: Huang, Barney K.;
Assignee:
Primary Examiner: Sprague; Kenneth W.
Assistant Examiner: Yeung; James C.
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Coats; Larry L.

The present invention relates to a greenhouse curing and drying structure adapted to collect energy associated with available solar radiation and to utilize the heat associated therewith in curing and drying material within said greenhouse curing and drying structure. Basically the curing and drying structure comprises an outer transparent housing and an interiorly disposed solar energy collector housing defining a drying area or chamber thereunder. During phases of curing and drying material in the drying area or drying chamber, an outside air system is directed between said outer transparent housing and said collector housing where solar energy in the form of heat collected is transferred to the passing air system. The solar heated air system may, depending on the temperature conditions within the drying structure relative to the desired drying schedule, be directed to an air intake of a furnace system associated with said curing and drying structure or routed through an energy storage facility where the energy associated therewith may be stored for subsequent use.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION In an effort to maximize and improve curing and drying efficiency and solar energy utilization in a curing and drying structure, the present invention presents a solar curing and drying structure employing a solar heat absorbing air system that may be immediately used in curing and drying material within the curing and drying structure, or the heat associated with said solar heat absorbing air system may be stored within a heat storage facility associated with the curing and drying structure for subsequent use during any desired phase of curing and drying the particular material within the curing and drying structure.
Basically the curing and drying structure of the present invention comprises an outer transparent housing structure and an interiorly disposed heat collector housing or means that defines a solar energy collecting area between said outer transparent housing and said collector housing or means.
Defined interiorly of the collector means is a curing and drying chamber or area which is adapted to support the material being cured and/or dried within the structure.
As in conventional curing and drying structures, the solar energy curing and drying structure of the present invention is provided with a main furnace system of the forced air type that is adapted to circulate a system of air in and through the curing and drying chamber and to heat the air as necessary to maintain an appropriate temperature level within the curing and drying area within the heat collector housing.
Openings are provided along the lower outer sides of the solar curing and drying structure in order that outside air may be selectively induced into the solar energy collecting area defined between the transparent outer wall of the structure and the interiorly disposed heat collector means.
In the embodiment shown herein, the curing and drying structure is provided with a main air transfer duct extending longitudinally within the curing and drying structure and located centrally thereof between the outer transparent housing and the collector means

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