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Solar Water Heater
load in most homes and produces an average of two tons of green house gas emissions each year. Solar thermal hot water heating, in contrast, uses free, renewable energy, providing a clean, green cost-effective alternative for domestic hot water or pool heating.
At Carib Sun Energy, we will design and install a solar thermal water heating system that meets your needs and best integrates to your home.
We Offer:
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High Effecient Flat plate collectors
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Both active and themosyphon systems
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“Package Systems” from the best manufactures
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Our own “Select Component” systems
By harnessing free solar energy, a solar thermal system from Carib Sun Energy is a valuable alterative to conventional domestic water systems. Our solar thermal hot water systems can decrease the need for conventional water heating by up to 70%, reducing your energy bill, increasing your energy independence, and reducing your contribution to global climate change by reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
If you are looking for a reasonable and cost effective way to incorporate renewable energy into your home, heating water with solar is a good place to start.
Solar domestic hot water heating (SDHW) is a well-established, cost effective, pollution-free technology. An estimated 1.5 million plus residential and 200,000 commercial SWH systems have already been installed throughout the United States. Domestic hot water heating is the second largest energy
Direct Pressurized
Direct pump systems are by far the simplest active designs and plans currently available. In fact, in many ways they're similar to passive systems. The major exception is that a low head solar hot water pump is required to circulate water through the loop. The water pump is both activated and deactivated by either adifferential thermostat control or a PV module.
There's added flexibility as well, since the tank and collector aren't integrated and the storage isn't installed above the panel or collector, the solar storage tank should be installed indoors . This provides greater insulation and reduces off peak heat loss.
The heated domestic water from the panel, or collector, is routed to the storage tank. Then, much like with any other solar water heating system, the hot water is plumbed to the back up source for on demand use.
Direct pump solar hot water heater designs provide minimal freeze protection, making application ideal in warmer climate regions. The major advantages to installing a direct pump design over a passive one is the larger storage capacity that these systems generally provide, and the added flexibility in application.
Thermosyphon solar water heater designs and plans are also time tested, there the mostly common used systems throughout much of the United States and most of the world. From Florida, to Israel and to Japan, thermosyphon solar hot water heaters have been used for many decades.
These designs and plans are essentially more modern versions of collector or batch solar water heating systems. The very basic principle that hot fluid will rise is the magic behind a thermosyphon design. Domestic water is heated in a solar water panel, either a flat plate collector or an evacuated tube collector.
The heated water then natural rises into a well insulated storage tank which is installed directly above the panel, or collector. The hot water stored outdoors in the tank is then circulated to the indoor back up tank or heating source.
Thermosyphon System
Much like with batch designs, thermosyphon solar hot water heaters require no mechanical assistance to circulate the heated fluid. Although manufactures have recently introduced thermosyphon designs with pumps to assist in applications where fluid flow rate is a major concern.
The biggest advantage to using a thermosyphon solar water heater design is the considerably less heat loss experienced when compared to batch systems, these designs and plans generally offer more storage capacity as well.
