Solarmat

Claim 1

A solar heat exchanger, comprising: a first thin film of a substantially planar configuration and formed of a polyester material having a thickness of approximately five thousandths of an inch; a second thin film substantially indentical to the first thin film and bonded to the first thin film about the edges thereof, said first and second films enclosing a substantially planar space therebetween; a mesh of dimensions substantially similar to the first and second films and positioned therebetween, said mesh substantially filling the planar space formed between the films, the films and the mesh together forming a solar panel, said solar panel including a plurality of inlet apertures formed through one thin film near each longitudinal edge thereof, and a plurality of outlet apertures formed through one thin film about a central longitudinal axis of the panel; inlet means connected to said solar panel and adapted for connection to a heat transfer fluid supply for permitting a heat transfer fluid to enter the space formed therein, said inlet means including a pair of inlet pipes, each pipe being positioned near a longitudinal edge of the solar panel, said inlet pipes including a plurality of apertures formed therein abot said pipes' longitudinal dimensions, said plurality of apertures equal in number and spacing to said apertures formed in the solar panel, and adapted for mating with said inlet apertures in the solar panel to allow fluid to flow from the inlet means to the panel; and outlet means connected to said solar panel and adapted for connection to a suction means, the outlet means including an outlet pipe positioned about a central longitudinal axis of said solar panel, said outlet pipe including a plurality of apertures formed therein about said pipe's longitudinal axis and adapted for mating with said apertures in said solar panel's longitudinal axis to allow fluid to flow from said panel to the outlet means, the outlet means being positioned distal to the inlet means such that said heat transfer fluid flow through the mesh covers approximately the entire region between the first thin film and the second thin film whereby said heat transfer fluid may be drawn by suction from the inlet means to the outlet means and solar radiation impinging on the solar panel is transferred to said fluid.