Solar boilers

Although medium temperature collectors can be used in many different ways, in this article you will find out more about solar boilers.

The solar boiler collects energy from the sun and converts it into hot water. Actually, domestic hot water is the second highest energy cost in the typical household. In fact, for some homes it can be the highest energy expenditure. Solar water heating can now reduce your domestic water heating costs by as much as 65%. Besides this, solar boilers are environmentally friendly. It doesn’t pollute or use valuable non-renewable resources. Even the pump needed to transport heat from the collectors to the storage tank is usually powered by the sun.

Today we can talk about highly developed solar boilers, as a new technology, so it’s usually designed for automatic daily and year round operation. There is usually glycol solution in the solar collectors to eliminate winter freezing problems. There are also different modules which regulate the proper daily operation and the solar loop circulators which turn on only when the panels are hot enough to heat the solar tank.

The solar boiler can be used as domestic water pre-heater in conjunction with your conventional heating system. Cold water enters the solar boiler for initial heating, but then is delivered to the backup or conventional system for final heating if required. The conventional system is typically fueled by oil, electricity, propane, natural gas, etc…