{"id":4932,"date":"2024-02-19T11:05:57","date_gmt":"2024-02-19T11:05:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reap-india.rscsys.in\/?page_id=4932"},"modified":"2024-03-19T10:29:06","modified_gmt":"2024-03-19T10:29:06","slug":"solar-water-heaters","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/reap-india.rscsys.in\/index.php\/solar-water-heaters\/","title":{"rendered":"Solar Water Heaters"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"4932\" class=\"elementor elementor-4932\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-137e63e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"137e63e\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f54c2cc\" data-id=\"f54c2cc\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e75af0b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e75af0b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.17.0 - 08-11-2023 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Solar Water Heaters<\/h1>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-06459f5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"06459f5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Solar water heating (SWH) is the conversion of sunlight into heat for water heating using a solar thermal collector. A variety of configurations are available at varying cost to provide solutions in different climates and latitudes.\nSWHs are widely used for residential and some industrial applications.<br>\nA sun-facing collector heats a water that passes into a storage system for later use. SWH are active (pumped) and passive (convection-driven). They are heated directly . They operate independently or as hybrids with electric or gas heaters.\n<\/p>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f0fae7a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f0fae7a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Flat-plate solar thermal collector<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dee9dcf elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"dee9dcf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Flat plate collectors are an extension of the idea to place a collector in an 'oven'-like box with glass directly facing\nthe Sun. Most flat plate collectors have two horizontal pipes at the top and bottom, called headers, and many\nsmaller vertical pipes connecting them, called risers. The risers are welded (or similarly connected) to thin\nabsorber fins. Water is pumped from the hot water storage tank or heat exchanger into the collectors' bottom\nheader, and it travels up the risers, collecting heat from the absorber fins, and then exits the collector out of the\ntop header.<br><br>\nThe type of glass used in flat plate collectors is tempered glass.This glass can withstand significant hail without\nbreaking, which is one of the reasons that flat-plate collectors are considered the most durable collector type.<\/p>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c7c02a7\" data-id=\"c7c02a7\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-be6be10 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"be6be10\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.17.0 - 08-11-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"739\" height=\"368\" src=\"https:\/\/reap-india.rscsys.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/solar-heater.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-4935\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reap-india.rscsys.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/solar-heater.jpg 739w, https:\/\/reap-india.rscsys.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/solar-heater-300x149.jpg 300w, https:\/\/reap-india.rscsys.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/solar-heater-600x299.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 739px) 100vw, 739px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9cc8f17 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"9cc8f17\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Evacuated tube<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2a5cc7c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2a5cc7c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Evacuated tube collectors (ETC) are a way to reduce the heat loss,inherent in flat plates. Since heat loss due to\nconvection cannot cross a vacuum, it forms an efficient isolation mechanism to keep heat inside the collector\npipes. Since two flat glass sheets are generally not strong enough to withstand a vacuum, the vacuum is created\nbetween two concentric tubes. Typically, the water piping in an ETC is therefore surrounded by two concentric\ntubes of glass separated by a vacuum that admits heat from the sun (to heat the pipe) but that limits heat loss.\nThe inner tube is coated with a thermal absorber.<br><br>\nFlat plate collectors are generally more efficient than ETC in full sunshine conditions. However, the energy output\nof flat plate collectors is reduced slightly more than ETCs in cloudy or extremely cold conditions. ETCs can gather\nenergy from the sun all day long at low angles due to their tubular shape.<\/p>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-120f4fe e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"120f4fe\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;container_type&quot;:&quot;flex&quot;,&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a9ce9ee elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a9ce9ee\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">\"Our Solar Water Heaters offer Best-in-Class efficiency and our ETC solar water heaters work well even in cloudy\nconditions ensuring a constant supply of hot 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