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A solar collector module includes a first pan shaped absorber, a smaller second pan shaped absorber adapted to be received in the first absorber, and a first plurality of heat exchanger fins affixed to the bottom of the second pan for defining a baffled, mazelike fluid flow path between the first an

A solar collector module includes a first pan shaped absorber, a smaller second pan shaped absorber adapted to be received in the first absorber, and a first plurality of heat exchanger fins affixed to the bottom of the second pan for defining a baffled, mazelike fluid flow path between the first and second absorber pans. A fluid inlet is provided at one end of the fluid flow path, while a fluid outlet is provided at the other end of the fluid flow path. A second plurality of heat exchanger fins extends upwardly from the second absorber pan, and a first insulative dead air space is defined between the second pan and a first transparent cover supported atop the upwardly extending fins. A transparent grid mounted atop the first transparent cover supports a second transparent top cover, defining a second insulative dead air space between the first and second covers.

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In a solar collector module of the type adapted to absorb solar energy and transfer heat energy to a fluid medium flowing therethrough, the improvement comprising: a first pan-shaped solar energy absorber, a second pan-shaped solar energy absorber received on the top surface of said first pan-shaped

In a solar collector module of the type adapted to absorb solar energy and transfer heat energy to a fluid medium flowing therethrough, the improvement comprising: a first pan-shaped solar energy absorber, a second pan-shaped solar energy absorber received on the top surface of said first pan-shaped absorber, a first plurality of downwardly-extending heat exchanger fins mounted to the bottom surface of said second pan-shaped absorber and arranged thereon to define a sinuous fluid flow path between the top surface of said first pan-shaped absorber and the bottom surface of said second pan-shaped absorber, one portion of said fluid flow path communicating with a fluid inlet and another portion of said fluid flow path communicating with a fluid outlet, a second plurality of upwardly-extending heat exchanger fins mounted to the top surface of said second pan-shaped absorber, and a first light-transmissive cover mounted above and supported thereon by said second plurality of upwardly-extending fins to define a first insulative dead air space between the top surface of said second pan-shaped absorber and said first cover, said second plurality of upwardly-extending fins being located within said first insulative dead air space, whereby said first and second pan-shaped absorbers and said first and second plurality of fins provide increased absorber area, and said second plurality of fins in said first insulative dead air space impede air movement and turbulence to enhance the insulative effect of said first insulative dead air space.