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March 1, 2009 · Solar Heating Panels · 812 views · Print This Post

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Did you know that enough energy reaches our planet every 30 minutes to satisfy worldwide energy consumption for an entire year. That energy is coming from the sun and if we could learn on a large scale to tap into this, there would be no energy woes.

Solar heating panels are a little different than what most people visualize when they hear the word solar. While your typical photovoltaic solar panel converts light into electricity, solar heating panels are designed to heat air, or liquids (ie. your solar hot water heaters).

The solar heating panel is the easiest solar homebrew project to build, with just a small amount of handyman skills you can have a very effective solar heating panel built in a day.

Our need for energy is rising steadily with our standard of living. And the magic question is: Are solar heating panels the answer? Our resources on earth are becoming increasingly exhausted and we are putting a strain on our environment. The sun is the energy of the future - assuring a life on earth for future generations. Daily hot water requirements can correspond to around 65% of your total water consumption. When spread over the whole year, this amount of water amounts to considerable energy and cost. A sensible use for solar energy is hot water supply with the help of solar heating collectors.

Solar heating systems use the energy of the sun to provide heat to certain areas of your home that require it. The heat can be directed to heat your bath water, swimming pools, or even to supply heat to the home through radiators or floor heating coils.

Solar heating panels consist of the solar heating panel itself, which collects the sunlight to be converted into thermal energy. A fluid system which transports the converted energy from the panel to it’s point of usage. Lastly a heat reservoir which stores some of the heat that is produced for later usage.

There are two types of solar heating panels, one is the flat plate collector, and the other is the highly efficient vacuum tube collectors. The vacuum tube collectors also perform better in the cold, cloudy and windy environments than the flat plate collectors.

Some of the advantages of the vacuum type solar heater over the flat plate collector is:

1. Highly efficient even in low light conditions. solpanmanu

2. Achieves higher temperatures.

3. The solar heating panels are easy for most anyone to install due to the lightweight designs.

4. Modern and elegant designs to make for more aesthetically pleasing units.

5. Take up less room than the flat plate collectors

6. Each coil on the solar heating panels are replaceable making repairs easy.

7. Longer lasting which provide larger returns on investments.

Over the long term, solar heating panels are even more cost-effective than either the gas or heat pump system. Without the need for supplies of gasoline or electricity, the maintenance costs of solar heating panels are very low, yet will still provide year-round warmth.

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