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An integrated system and the process of its manufacture for the absorption of solar energy and for the release of that energy for utilization as required using modular elements that are pre-cast out of low-cost building materials and which can be designed for use with others of the like kind to form

An integrated system and the process of its manufacture for the absorption of solar energy and for the release of that energy for utilization as required using modular elements that are pre-cast out of low-cost building materials and which can be designed for use with others of the like kind to form structural components of buildings, patios and walkways, and other areas of human activity. Each of the modules has labyrinthine integral passageways cast therein through which a fluid is circulated for the transfer of absorbed energy therefrom. The modules can be combined into a system forming walls of a building in which the outer elements act to absorb solar energy which is transferred to intermediate elements for thermal storage with means being provided to transfer stored energy on demand into interior elements for release of the energy into the interior of the building. In a further embodiment, the modules are assembled to form the patio around a swimming pool and water from the pool is heated by being circulated through the modules. In a still further embodiment, the body of the collector is cast concrete with a system of grooved fluid passageways therein and the side thereof exposed to solar radiation is provided with a perforated metal energy absorber plate having spaced above it a transparent cover plate.

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A solar collector module comprising a cast concrete body, a recess in the upper surface of said body, a plate transparent to solar radiation covering said recess in a sealed relationship therewith, the floor and walls of said recess with said transparent plate defining a hermetic chamber in said bod

A solar collector module comprising a cast concrete body, a recess in the upper surface of said body, a plate transparent to solar radiation covering said recess in a sealed relationship therewith, the floor and walls of said recess with said transparent plate defining a hermetic chamber in said body, a pattern of labyrinthine interconnected channels in the floor of said recess, a perforated metal absorber plate on said floor overlying said channels, at least some of the perforations in said absorber plate being aligned with said channels, said metal plate absorbing solar energy passing through said transparent plate, an inlet port opening into said hermetic chamber, an outlet port opening on said channels, said ports communicating with the outside of said module, whereby the circulation of fluid through said inlet into said chamber and through said perforations in said metal plate imparts heat to said fluid when said metal plate is absorbing solar energy such that, when said heated fluid passes into said channels and out said outlet port, said heat is transferred outside of said module for utilization.