Solar Heating Energy TRIZ Cases

Underground stones and pebbles store high-temperature solar heat, improving year-round building heating despite weather limits.

A framed solar building block integrates panels, batteries, and inverters to simplify wiring while serving as an exterior structural finish.

A transmissive core with integrated primary and secondary optics avoids support collisions, enabling sun tracking up to 60° with high aperture use.

By placing the motor and crankshaft on the same side, this gear transmission shortens PV drives and lowers lubricant temperature.

Pressure-controlled inflatable chambers shape and rotate a flexible heliostat reflector, cutting weight, rigidity, and installation burden.

A segmented flashing, sleeve, and threaded rod mount improves wind resistance, protects flexible roofing, and keeps the roof watertight.

Bent aluminium angular joints let solar collector pans scale to different sizes while adding stiffness, sealing, and easier installation.

A bitumen or plastic joining surface lets standard touch-and-close fasteners detachably mount PV components on concrete, wood, or insulation.

Combining metal oxide and polymer particles with low aqueous-phase content preserves transparency, antifouling, and hydrophilicity under heat.

A protective glasshouse shields CSP concentrators from wind and weather, enabling lighter mirrors, simpler tracking, and lower structural cost.

A reflection-atomizing spray boosts open-loop solar water heating by improving evaporation, heat transfer, and cold-climate reliability.

Aligned dye-zeolite antenna layers in polymer suppress scattering and stabilize chromophores for efficient light concentration and uniform emission.

Captured industrial CO2 reacts with biomass-derived hydrogen under heat, pressure, and catalysis to produce renewable liquid fuel with lower emissions.

A pivoting hammer clamp grips standing seams with even pressure, avoiding penetration damage while simplifying secure roof attachment.

Parallel metallic ridges with heat-transfer channels let a roof-integrated solar collector shed snow and ice while staying durable and waterproof.

An intermediate storage tank and split thermal-medium flow cut temperature gaps in thermoelectric storage, improving round-trip efficiency.

Inlet actuators create turbulence to boost convective heat transfer in a modular solar absorber while avoiding porthole cost and pressure-drop penalties.

Focused and collimated sunlight is guided by waveguide deflectors to cut assembly precision demands and reduce transfer losses.

A movable stop element creates form-fitting height adjustment for solar module supports, carrying high loads without toothed steel parts.

A boxed getter and radiative screen preserve absorber coatings, cut pipe radiation losses, and simplify welding in double-sided vacuum solar panels.

Angled beam legs fasten into rafters and sit in sealant-filled receptacles to speed flat-roof solar installation while preventing leaks.

A fluidized granular bed stores solar heat and transfers it steadily to an immersed exchanger while reducing thermal stress and day-night variability.

Thermal pockets and sealing gaskets let dry heat-pipe solar tubes be replaced individually without manifold leakage or disrupting array operation.

Self-supported hairpin tubes allow free thermal expansion in solar radiation exchangers, cutting stress and pressure loss while raising thermal flow.

Deployable Fresnel membrane optics concentrate sunlight onto orbital debris, cutting optical mass and avoiding high-power laser requirements.

An external conductive tube and adjustable diverter reroute pool water to absorb ambient and solar heat without blocking pool use.

Undercut locking teeth keep bearing pieces engaged in indexed bolt slots, enabling secure beam height adjustment without pre-tensioning.

A two-part form-fitting bracket replaces adhesives to align PV module mounts while keeping the holding area flexible and the screw area rigid.

Electromagnetic sealing-surface control regulates tiny hydraulic flows for continuous solar reflector tracking with lower wear and power use.

Outward-opening purlin channels let solar panel edges slide into place, reducing alignment errors and roof assembly time.

A passive heat pipe or thermosyphon switches from insulation to heat dissipation at high temperature, protecting sealed solar collectors from stagnation damage.

A labyrinth splash guard shields cladding ventilation openings from rain and cleaning water while preserving rear ventilation and vapor diffusion.

Deployable solar swings, a telescopic wind turbine boom, and battery storage improve multi-source power generation at remote or emergency sites.

A heat-treated monolithic glass reflector keeps its parabolic shape without a frame, improving optical accuracy, strength, and production cost.

A rotatable clamp head and cushioned jaws speed frameless panel installation in tight clearances while maintaining secure clamping.

A transparent window, reflective interior, and cavity insulation help a fluid-carrying solar collector capture more heat with manageable complexity.

Multiple latent-heat containers and valve control switch between sensible and phase-change storage to meet varying heat demand with lower losses.