Achieving thermal rectification in natural-circulation solar-energy water heaters

B. Norton and S.D. Probert

Applied Energy, 1983, vol. 14, issue 3, 225 pages

Abstract: Thermal rectification is often required in solar-energy water heating systems in order to prevent unwanted heat leaks which occur at night as a result of reverse thermosyphonic motions from the store to the solar-energy collector. Conventional methods of accomplishing such a thermal rectification are reviewed, and novel non-return valves for this purpose and their potential applications are described.

Date: 1983
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