Ways to Design a Solar Thermal Hot Water System by Glen Freeman
Depending on
how much hot water you need, the hot water system you already have, your budget
and where you are located there are a few ways you can put a system together
nfl jerseys. Below we outline some
of the system designs that you could implement.
Active "Direct" Open
Loop
In an active Direct open Loop System the water you use in your bath
and taps would be the same water that at one time would have been heated by the
sun in your solar panel (or other collector).
Colder water is taken from
your hot water cylinder and pumped (the active part) to the solar collector to
be heated. Hot water is then returned to the cylinder. In the UK to protect from
freezing we install a controller that will shut off the supply to to the
collector once the outside temperature drops to a certain level
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