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Solar Thermal System
Solar vacuum tubes have always been the most efficient solar power production systems,
it’s converts the solar energy into heat energy. The heat pipe series solar collector are always
connected with existing heating supply device or storage tank. Next, the selective coating on the
inner cover of the evacuated tubes converts solar energy into heat energy and transfers heat to
the heat pipes by aluminum fins.
The liquid in the heat pipe changes into vapour which rises to the condenser. The heat
then passes through the heat exchanger and the vapour becomes liquid, returning to the base of
the heat pipe. Next, the heat conducts to the heat transfer liquid by a copper pipe. It will continuous
circulation as long as the collector is heated by the sun. In an indirect system, the fluid that
circulates through the collector may be water or it may be another heat transfer fluid. This heat-
collecting fluid never comes in contact with the potable water in the storage tank. Instead, it
transfers heat to the potable water through a heat exchanger.
1. Manifold
2. Insulation
3. Header pipe
4. Header pipe condenser
5. Seal
6. Heat pipe
7. Aluminum fin
8. Vacuum tube
Here is one possible design, listing components of a Heat pipe solar thermal system.
1/6. temperature sensor
2. air vent
3. wiring to the differential controller
4. circulating pump
5/7/16. -pressure relied valve
8. temperature gauge
9. tempering valve
10. hot water valve output
11. cold water input
12. the tempering valve ensures water
is never too hot
13. by-pass valve
14. check valve
15. cold water input to solar panel
17. vacuum tube solar panel (collector)
18. existing hot water heater
19. storage tank with heat exchenger
20. temperature differential controller
21. pressure gauge
22. expension tank
23. mass flow meter
b) Solar Water Heater
Solar water heating is the conversion of sunlight into heat for water heating using a solar thermal
collector. There are two glass tubes which make single evacuated vacuum glass tube. The tubes
are fused on one side and hermetically sealed with each other on the other side. The internal
glass tube is coated with highly observing environmental friendly coating to trap the solar energy.
The sunlight radiation falls on the glass tube passes through external glass tube and absorbed
by the multi layer coating on internal glass tube and converted into heat.
This heats up the water contained in the inner glass tube. The heated water is lighter than the
normal water thus it starts rising through the tube. The effect is called ‘Thermosyphon’ (natural
circulation) effect which let the water eventually travel towards the top storage tank.
Simultaneously cold water from the tank descends to the tube, gets heated in the absorber and
rises back to the tank. The cycle keeps repeating. The water retains its heat for a long time as the
hot water storage tank is insulated to prevent heat loss.
Solar Photovoltaic System
What is Solar PV