Solar thermal collectors
- warm water and heating
Main features
- is suitable for warm water generation and can be used for heating in buildings which contain heating system based on water circulation
- generates heat in daytime. Cloudy weather, shadows, direction (compass point) and angle of collectors will effect to the amount of generation.
- system needs electricity
- system contains a thermal storage (insulated water tank)
Additional features
- efficiency of commercial solar thermal collectors are around 40-90% (status in 2018) of the solar radiation depending on difference of temperature between the collector and environment, radiation effectivity and the type of collector
- life cycle of a solar thermal collector is around 25-30 years, other parts of the system have typically shorter life cycles
