5 Ways to Improve Homemade Solar Water Heating Systems Efficiency

Solar water heating systems are the cost effective equipment to heat water. In solar water heating system collectors capture heat from the sun and used to heat up the water stored in the tank. There are various benefits of solar water heater and one can easily enhance the performance of solar heater by following these simple tips. Let me explain some important benefits of solar water heater. 

• Heating water from the sunlight costs you less and when you invest your money one time it will give you more values for life time. After investing one time on a solar heating system your water heating cost will be zero.

• Another important benefit of solar water heating system is that it never gives you shock like other electrical equipments. 

• Solar water heaters are totally smoke free so you will never feel any dirty smell.

•  The most important benefit of solar water heating system is that it will help you to reduce carbon dioxide produced by your household and help you to fight against global warming.

The list is not ending here; you can take much more advantages by improving efficiency of solar water heating system.

• Size of Storage Tank Matters

The size of the storage tank is always matters in case of solar water heating, because a large sized storage tank keeps water hot for a long time. The homemade solar heating tanks are less expensive with comparison of commercial one. Another advantage of a big storage tank is that one can reserve hot water for cloudy days and use it anytime. 

• Solar Collector’s Surface Area

The bigger surface area of solar collector’s helps to heat more water at a time. The homemade solar water heater builder has an extra advantage over the commercial solar water heater, because one can increase the size of homemade solar water collector anytime with small investment.

One can define the size of surface area of the solar water heater collector by three ways and increase the efficiency of solar heating system.

·         Gross Area

·         Aperture Area

·         Absorber Area

• Materials Used in Collector

Homemade solar water heating collector uses copper tubes mated to aluminum fins and obtain the best performance in lower cost. The price of homemade solar heater collector’s tubing fins is 1/6^th of the price of commercial one and only loss approximately 15% in performance.

• Insulation on Tanks and Piping is Important

It’s very important to insulate properly because, well insulated tanks increase the possibility to remain water hot for a long time in cloudy season. So when it comes to homemade solar water heating system, it’s important to insulate tanks and piping to enhance the performance.

• Site Obstructions

It is very important to set up homemade solar heating system, where as much exposure to the sun as possible. So when you locate your solar water heating system, then choose the area where fewer obstructions such as trees are occurring.

By the following these simple tips you can easily enhance the performance of your homemade solar water heating system.

New Building Model Could Help Save Electricity!

‘Green building’ is an idea almost everybody agrees upon, but very few dare to attempt because of prohibitively high costs and architectural challenges. But some steps like proper ventilation and utilization of natural light in new buildings could save the world a lot of energy and money. As of now there are only 10-12 buildings that have been officially ranked as green buildings in India and they are largely in the private sector.

Anything that is constructed keeping the harmony of the environment in mind is generally known as green construction. If not meeting all the parameters like Eco-friendly building materials, waste management, etc. energy saving methods could go a long way in contributing to the environment.

Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA, believe that buildings can be designed to encourage airflow and maintain temperatures that minimize or eliminate the need for conventional air-conditioning systems. They have come up with computer-based tools to help architects design commercial buildings that cool them with natural breezes.

A building can be turned green through several simple means such as using solar water heating systems; the state electricity boards also provide several rebates to green household on their electricity bill if they meet the specifications.

The latest LED lights can also be useful in turning you premise green since they are environment-friendly and have no carbon emissions.

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