IP Library Granted Patent US 8,001,785
Granted Patent B2
US 8,001,785 · App. 12/355,804 · Granted Aug 23, 2011

Solar energy-based water heating and power generating module

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Patent No.
US 8,001,785
App. No.
12/355,804
Granted
Aug 23, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

A solar energy-based water heating and power generating module includes a factory-fabricated compound module panel usable as a cover panel for building, car or ship and capable of absorbing solar energy for heating water flowing in a water chamber and a circulation pipe, and a power generator formed of a field magnet set, an oscillator and a coil and actuated by a temperature difference energy to generate heat.

Claims (23)

1. A solar energy-based water heating and power generating module, comprising:

a compound module panel, said compound module panel comprising an outer wall adapted to absorb solar energy, an inner wall opposite to said outer wall, an enclosed chamber defined between said outer wall and said inner wall, and a circulation pipe arranged in said enclosed chamber for making heat exchange with said outer wall, said circulation pipe comprising a cold-water inlet and a hot-water outlet;

a water chamber mounted at a top side of said compound module panel in water communication with said cold-water inlet and said hot-water outlet;

a power generator house abutting a back side of said water chamber; and

at least one power generator mounted in said power generator house, each said power generator comprising a housing, a field magnet set fixedly mounted inside said housing, an oscillator pivotally mounted inside said housing, and a coil mounted on said oscillator, whereby the oscillator is actuatable to oscillate by air expansion and contraction inside the housing due to a temperature difference and to further generate electricity.

2. The solar energy-based water heating and power generating module as claimed in claim 1 , wherein said outer wall of said compound module panel comprises an inner metal layer and an outer thermal conducting layer covering said inner metal layer.

3. The solar energy-based water heating and power generating module as claimed in claim 1 , wherein said inner wall of said compound module panel comprises an outer thermal conducting layer and an inner heat insulation layer.

4. The solar energy-based water heating and power generating module as claimed in claim 3 , wherein said inner wall of said compound module panel further comprises a waterproof layer covered on an inner side of said inner heat insulation layer.

5. The solar energy-based water heating and power generating module as claimed in claim 1 , wherein said compound module panel has a window mounted therein.

6. The solar energy-based water heating and power generating module as claimed in claim 1 , wherein said water chamber is peripherally covered with a heat insulation layer.

7. The solar energy-based water heating and power generating module as claimed in claim 1 , wherein said at least one power generator comprises a plurality of power generators connected together by wiring conduits.

8. A solar energy-based water heating and power generating module, comprising:

a compound module panel, said compound module panel comprising an outer wall adapted to absorb solar energy, an inner wall opposite to said outer wall, an enclosed chamber defined between said outer wall and said inner wall, and a circulation pipe arranged in said enclosed chamber for making heat exchange with said outer wall, said circulation pipe comprising a cold-water inlet and a hot-water outlet;

a water chamber mounted at a top side of said compound module panel in water communication with said cold-water inlet and said hot-water outlet;

a power generator house abutting against a back side of said water chamber; and

at least one power generator mounted in said power generator house, each said power generator comprising a housing, a field magnet set fixedly mounted inside said housing, an oscillator pivotally mounted inside said housing and dividing the inside space of said housing into a hot side that abuts against said water chamber and a cold side that abuts against said inner wall of said compound module panel, and a coil mounted on said oscillator, whereby the oscillator is actuatable by a temperature difference to oscillate and to further generate electricity.

9. The solar energy-based water heating and power generating module as claimed in claim 8 , wherein said outer wall of said compound module panel comprises an inner metal layer and an outer thermal conducting layer covering said inner metal layer.

10. The solar energy-based water heating and power generating module as claimed in claim 8 , wherein said inner wall of said compound module panel comprises an outer thermal conducting layer and an inner heat insulation layer.

11. The solar energy-based water heating and power generating module as claimed in claim 10 , wherein said inner wall of said compound module panel further comprises a waterproof layer covered on an inner side of said inner heat insulation layer.

12. The solar energy-based water heating and power generating module as claimed in claim 8 , wherein said compound module panel has a window mounted therein.

13. The solar energy-based water heating and power generating module as claimed in claim 8 , wherein said water chamber is peripherally covered with a heat insulation layer.

14. The solar energy-based water heating and power generating module as claimed in claim 8 , wherein said at least one power generator comprises a plurality of power generators connected together by wiring conduits.

15. The solar energy-based water heating and power generating module as claimed in claim 8 , wherein the field magnet set of each said power generator comprises a N-pole magnet and a S-pole magnet.

Continuity (1)
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