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A house siding solar panel for the efficient conversion of solar radiation into usable heat energy, which includes an aesthetically pleasing housing having forwardly beveled side edges so that the panels may be mounted directly to the side of the house much like conventional siding, and present an a

A house siding solar panel for the efficient conversion of solar radiation into usable heat energy, which includes an aesthetically pleasing housing having forwardly beveled side edges so that the panels may be mounted directly to the side of the house much like conventional siding, and present an aesthetically pleasing apearance. The front wall of the housing is a prismatic lens which serves to direct diffuse solar radiation perpendicularly rearward to a highly heat-absorbent and conductive selective surface plate positioned parallel to the lens. Unheated air from the room to be heated is introduced into an air channel behind this plate. The air channel extends substantially over the rear surface of the plate and allows the unheated air to conductively obtain heat energy from the plate, which causes said air to convectively rise to a heated air outlet, wherein the heated air can be transported for the heating of the interior of the house. A thermostatically controlled unheated air vent associated with the fan allows the selective introduction of unheated air to the panel. Likewise, a thermostatically controlled heated air duct selectively allows the heated air to be transported for use. Specially designed air diffusers at opposite ends of the air channel next to the plate force the unheated air to be uniformly distributed over the width of the plate as it travels convectively upward. These diffusers present less air passage openings at the center of the panel where the air inlets and outlets are attached in fluid communication, and present greater air passage openings towards each end of each diffuser so that air is forced to uniformly distribute across the air channel.

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A house siding solar panel comprising: a housing having a front wall, a back wall, end walls, and side walls defining a chamber, and an air inlet and air outlet; a front sunlight-exposed surface defining said front wall of said chamber and having such properties as to pass substantially all the inci

A house siding solar panel comprising: a housing having a front wall, a back wall, end walls, and side walls defining a chamber, and an air inlet and air outlet; a front sunlight-exposed surface defining said front wall of said chamber and having such properties as to pass substantially all the incident solar radiation striking said surface perpendicularly rearward into said chamber regardless of the angle of incidence of said radiation; a highly heat absorbent and heat conductive selective plate positioned in said chamber, spaced between and parallel to said sunlight-exposed surface and said back wall so that an airtight first layer of air exists between said plate and said sunlight-exposed surface and a second layer of air exists between said plate and said back wall, whereby the heat energy of said perpendicularly passed solar radiation is absorbed by said plate and said heat energy is conductively transferred to said second air layer; means for introducing unheated air to said air inlet for channeling to said second air layer at selected times; means for uniformly distributing unheated air throughout said second air layer which enters through said air inlet comprising a fan forcing said unheated air to pass through said air inlet and a diffuser means mounted in said second layer of air which urges said unheated air coming from said unheated air inlet to spread out evenly over said second air layer; and means for removing heated air, which has conductively absorbed said heat energy from said plate, from said second air layer through said air outlet at selected times.