Hydronic radiant heat distribution panel and system

Claim 1

A radiant heating system heat transfer module comprising in combination an extruded aluminum heat transfer plate and a non-metallic tubing, said heat transfer plate comprising an elongated extruded aluminum member configured to provide elongated coplanar side fins and an intermediate elongated tubing receptacle with said side fins defining a first outer heat transfer surface and a second inner surface with said tubing receptacle extending away from said outer surface in the direction of and beyond said second surface; said tubing receptacle being configured to provide an elongated semicircular tubing-receiving space defined by an inner wall having a semicircular circumference extending through an arc greater than 180°, and said tubing receptacle being configured to provide a pair of elongated guideway sides that extend outwardly and that diverge from one another on each side of said inner wall so as to define an elongated convergent receptacle guideway opening into said tubing-receiving space; said inner wall and said guideway sides being substantially non-deformable; said tubing having an elastic generally circular wall and being confined within said receptacle and held therein by the semicircular wall thereof, the diameter of said tubing being nominally the same as the diameter of said tubing-receiving space and greater than the size of said guideway opening so that said tubing had to be placed on said guideway sides for orientation with respect to said guideway opening and forced past said guideway sides and deformed so as to pass through said guideway opening into said tubing-receiving space whereby said tubing is confined within said tubing-receiving space in close proximity to said inner wall for permitting heat transfer to be effected between said tubing and said inner wall essentially by conduction.