Residential solar energy is an emerging technology that will ultimately prove to be a factor that determines the future value of a property. New technology that consumers can take advantage of includes solar generation to produce electricity to run the home and a solar water heater to provide hot water for washing and other household needs.
Solar water heaters, known also under the name of solar domestic hot water system could prove to provide a method that is cost effective in providing hot water in a home. They are able to be of use in almost any climate. The sunshine they use for a fuel source is free.
The systems that solar water heaters use include components like solar collectors and storage tanks. The two kinds of solar water heaters are active, which needs controls and circulating pumps, and passive which does not. The majority of solar water heaters have to have storage tanks with good insulation. Storage tanks for solar use have another inlet and outlet valve that is connected in and out of the collector. For systems that have two tanks, solar water heaters preheat the water prior to entering a standard water heater. For systems that have only one tank, the back-up water heater is paired with solar storage in the one tank.
A solar power home most likely will take advantage of one of three kinds of solar collectors. These are:
- Glazed or unglazed flat-plate collectors
- Integral collector-storage systems (also called batch systems or ICS)
- Evacuated-tube solar collectors
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