A sustainable future in society takes both planning and ingenuity to execute appropriately. To cite an old adage: don’t put all your eggs in one basket. There are many forms of sustainable energy, and for a safe future, all should be included. This article, however, will focus on the benefits of solar hot water within a sustainable energy infrastructure. A large portion of energy loads within society, whether residential, industrial or commercial, can be provided with solar hot water.
These loads are such that they require a heat input to function, something solar hot water easily provides. Consider the needs of domestic hot water, most households need to cook, clean and bathe, as well as heat and cool their homesteads. Cooking, cleaning and washing water can be directly provided from a hot water tank, heated with solar energy. The heating and cooling system can be supplied by an efficient hydronic system, where heated water moves throughout the house, heating floors and the interior spaces. There also exists technology that can transform heat into cooling, these are absorption chillers and they operate using thermochemical principles to remove heat from a fluid.
Commercial applications can range from similar heating and water uses for large facilities and offices, to special, proprietary applications. Businesses could find any number of creative ways to use solar hot water. Think de-icing of facilities, materials processing or construction purposes or even industrial food production. There limits are that of engineering and creativity.
The commercial applications also end up intersecting with the industrial sector. Solar hot water is a powerful player in industrial processes over a wide variety. Industries such as chemical processing, textiles manufacturing, agricultural processing and beverage making can all use solar hot water in a significant part of their industrial framework. Solar hot water is sustainable industry; it can be incorporated anywhere in an industrial process where heat is required.
To use solar hot water sustainably in any application requires the proper system. There are many choices out there, but for power, efficiency and reliability, choose concentrating collectors. The SolarBeam Concentrator from Solartron Energy Systems is a concentrating dish collector. As such, it focuses the power of the sun to produce solar hot water at peak efficiency throughout the day. Since it tracks the sun on two-axes, the sun is always at the most direct angle. The powerful, customized industrial computer for the system controls these motions and many other features. The system is very safe, with automatic safety features taking the system immediately out of operation in case of any pump failure, over-heating, or other extraordinary circumstances. Sustainable solar hot water is easy with the SolarBeam and it can be linked with nearly any system through heat exchangers or proper hardware. Durability and reliability are key; the system has been approved by independent testing labs across the world. The SolarBeam has been tested to SRCC standards, and holds CSA certification, European Keymark Certification and Australian GlobalMark Certification. The SolarBeam is trusted everywhere.
For more information on the SolarBeam and its potential applications, contact sales@solartronenergy.com today.
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