Solar energy collector

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION In FIG.
1, a solar panel 20 consisting of a central chamber 21, and a conduit or conductor chamber 22 is connected to and is a part of larger heat transfer chamber 23.
Reflectors 24 and associated concentrator-conductors 25 are mounted in chamber 21.
Conductors 25 transmit heat along their extended length through side support and chamber separating wall 28 which has slotted openings 29 allowing extended length of conductors 25 to pass therethrough.
Similar slots (not shown) support the conductor at the opposite end.
Slotted openings 29 are spaced at intervals, said intervals coinciding with the pitch between centerlines of adjacent groove or contour of surface 24.
Conductors 25 are secured on both ends near slots 29.
Clamps or other securing devices are not shown, but are desirable to keep the conductors in the center of the reflector surfaces and at the correct elevation.
The frame 20 will have heat transfer pipe inlet holes 26.
When the panels are mounted side by side, a common heat transfer pipe 31 is inserted through the hole 26 in the frame sides and locking flanges 27 rigidly connect frame and pipe in non-rotating relationship.
The end 36 of the Conduit 35 are mounted in intimate contact as a closely bound laminate in the chamber 23.
Closely bound conductors are pressed against heat transfer bar 32 which is contoured for intimate contact with pipe 31 and transmits heat from the side-by-side conductors.
The conduits 25 and bar 32 are held in intimate contact with pipe 31 by pressure bar 33 and pressure adjusting screw 34.
Referring to FIG.
2, this invention teaches the use of three basic principles used in solar collectors, namely radiation-reflection, concentration-collection, and conduction-transfer.
In FIG.
2, a corrugated or undulating surface, having ridges 3 zeniths or apexes 37 is structured with a plurality of grooves valleys or nadirs 38, 39, 40, and 41.
Each groove in FIG.
2 is formed by two surfaces at 90 degrees to each other.
The collector panels in FIGS