Solar Water Heater Summary: How to choose solar water heaters from different solar water heating systems

Author:Sunflower Solar From:None Post time:09/20/2012 View:3962

With the time goes by, more and more people choose solar products. Solar water heater as a typical solar product, nowadays is popular and widely used for different areas, such as home, school, factory, hospital, industry, swimming pools and so on.

Solar Water Heater Summary: 

How to choose solar water heaters from different solar water heating systems

With the time goes by, more and more people choose solar products. Solar water heater as a typical solar product, nowadays is popular and widely used for different areas, such as home, school, factory, hospital, industry, swimming pools and so on. Solar energy is free, so as a homeowner or project engineer, it is a wise choice to adopt solar water heating system, but with so many solar hot water supplier to choose from, it can be difficult to distinguish one system from another. Reasonable prices, quality design, Rich experience, and Superb customer service are what making Sunflower Solar the right choice for solar water heating systems.

 

Installing a Sunflower solar hot water system for your home has many immediate and long-term benefits.
1. Environment protection, solar energy is renewable and clean energy
2. Saves your utility bills for electricity or gas
3. Makes you eligible for cash rebates & incentives, because solar energy is free
4. Adds value to your home
5. No matter what your motivation, feel rest assured that with a Sunflower solar hot water system, you've made the right choice.
 
Then, how to choose a solar water heating system, before you making a choice, we would be very happy to introduce different types of Sunflower Solar water heaters and Solar collectors. 
 
  Non-pressurized Pressurized
Model    
Mounting position Install on the roof, take advantage of the potential energy from the height difference of roof and room, make water come out with pressure Any place which face sunshine
Water out pressure Depend on the gravity of water  Equal to the water pressure from City water supply
Cold resitance minus 5°C minus 35°C
System Water in vacuum tube, if one tube broken, need to replace it, then the system could work. Adopt heat pipe technology, no water on tube, if one tube broken, the system could also work
Price Cheap Expensive

Follows are the brife description for different solar water heaters from Sunflower Solar

SFA Series Non-pressurized Solar Water Heater

  TZ58/1800-12 TZ58/1800-15 TZ58/1800-18 TZ58/1800-20 TZ58/1800-24 TZ58/1800-30
GENERAL PARA.  
absorbing area (m2) 1.647 2.085 2.478 2.755 3.31 4.142
operating pressure (bar) 0
ambient temperature 0-60 ℃
daily efficiency >=55%
empty weight (kg) 46 52 65 71 79 98
loading qty (20/40/40HQ) 48/100/116 40/80/88 36/72/80 32/68/72 28/56/64 22/44/52
STORAGE TANK  
capactiy (L) 120 150 180 200 240 300
outer material (mm) painted steel 0.4mm● stainless steel 0.4mm○ galvanized 0.4mm○
inner material (mm) stainless steel 304 0.5mm● stainless steel 316 0.5mm○
insulation PUF
electric heater
nipple size 1/2"● 3/4"○
feeder tank
welding
reflector
controller
tank packing size (mm) 1320*560*560 1570*560*560 1810*560*560 1980*560*560 2310*560*560 2830*560*560
VACUUM TUBE  
size 58/1800mm
tube qty 12 15 18 20 24 30
tube packing size (mm) 1880*330*250
FRAME  
material galvanized● stainless steel○ aluminum○
inclined roof galvanized ○
angle 45°● 30°○
  TZ47/1500-15 TZ47/1500-18 TZ47/1500-20 TZ47/1500-24 TZ47/1500-30 TZ47/1500-36
GENERAL PARA.  
absorbing area (m2) 1.423 1.718 1.909 2.293 2.868 3.444
operating pressure (bar) 0
ambient temperature 0-60 ℃
daily efficiency >=55%
empty weight (kg) 58 66 74 82 93 109
loading qty (20/40/40HQ) 52/114/128 44/88/100 38/76/96 34/68/78 30/60/68 25/50/60
STORAGE TANK  
capactiy (L) 130 150 165 200 245 300
outer material (mm) painted steel 0.4mm● stainless steel 0.4mm○ galvanized 0.4mm○
inner material (mm) stainless steel 304 0.5mm● stainless steel 316 0.5mm○
insulation PUF
electric heater
nipple size 1/2"● 3/4"○
feeder tank
welding
reflector
controller
tank packing size (mm) 1370*560*560 1570*560*560 1700*560*560 1970*560*560 2380*560*560 2830*560*560
VACUUM TUBE  
size 47/1500mm
tube qty 15 18 20 24 30 36
tube packing size (mm) 1580*330*210
FRAME  
material galvanized● stainless steel○ aluminum○
inclined roof -
angle 45°● 30°○

SFB Split Pressurized Heat Pipe Solar Collector

 

  TZ58/1800-10R1 TZ58/1800-15R1 TZ58/1800-20R1 TZ58/1800-25R1 TZ58/1800-30R1
GENERAL PARA.  
gross area (m2)  1.1715 2.563 3.377 4.121 4.901
aperture area (m2) 0.936 1.395 1.86 2.326 2.791
max. operating pressure (bar) 10
operating pressure (bar) 6
FrUL coefficient 1.529
(W/m²)/°C
temperature coefficient for FrUL 0.0166
average energy efficiency (%) 73.4
ambient temperature -40-60 ℃
volume of the fluid (L) 0.7 1.065 1.4 1.85 2.3
empty weight (kg) 39.6 54.8 73 91.5 106
loading qty (20/40/40HQ) 190/380/470 130/260/300 92/184/235 78/156/188 62/124/155
MANIFOLD
outer material  aluminum alloy
insulation PUF & Rock Wood
thickness of copper pipe (mm) 1
nipple size 1"● 3/4" ○
diameter of condenser (mm) 24
packing size (mm) 1020*150*300 1440*150*300 1850*150*300 2260*150*300 2680*150*300
VACUUM TUBE
size (mm) 58/1800
tube qty 10 15 20 25 30
tube+heat pipe packing size (mm) 1920*330*250
FRAME
material aluminum alloy● stainless steel 304○
adjustable
angle 45°● 30°○

 

SFD Series Pre-heated Solar Water Heater

  TZ58/1800-20E TZ58/1800-24E TZ58/1800-30E TZ58/1800-36E
GENERAL PARA.  
absorbing area (m2) 2.755 3.310 4.142 4.963
working pressure (bar) 4
ambient temperature -10-60 ℃
daily efficiency >=55%
empty weight (kg) 78 87 108 130
loading qty (20/40/40HQ) 35/70/76 30/60/70 24/48/52 16/32/36
STORAGE TANK  
capactiy (L) 200 240 300 360
outer material (mm) painted steel 0.4mm● stainless steel 0.4mm○ galvanized 0.4mm○
inner material (mm) tainless steel 304 0.6mm
insulation PUF
copper coil (mm) Ø12*0.8 thickness
coil length (mm) 3100 3400 3900 4400
electric heater
nipple size 1/2"●
feeder tank
welding
reflector
controller
tank packing size (mm) 2010*560*560 2340*560*560 2840*560*560 3190*560*560
VACUUM TUBE  
size 58/1800mm
tube qty 20 24 30 36
tube packing size (mm) 1880*330*250
FRAME  
material galvanized● stainless steel○ aluminum○
inclined roof galvanized○
angle 45°● 30°○

SFE

SFH Series High Pressurized Solar Water Heater

  TZ58/1800-15C TZ58/1800-20C TZ58/1800-25C TZ58/1800-30C
GENERAL PARA.  
absorbing area (m2) 2.082 2.788 3.558 4.142
working pressure (bar) 4
ambient temperature -30-60 ℃
daily efficiency >=55%
empty weight (kg) 65 78 96 120
loading qty (20/40/40HQ) 45/90/102 40/80/88 32/64/72 26/52/60
STORAGE TANK  
capactiy (L) 150 200 250 300
outer material (mm) painted steel 0.4mm● stainless steel 0.4mm○ galvanized 0.4mm○
inner material (mm) stainless steel 316 1.2mm 
insulation PUF
electric heater
T/P valve T=90℃, P=4bar
relief valve 4 bar
nipple size 1/2"
feeder tank -
welding
reflector
controller
tank packing size (mm) 1630*560*560 2050*560*560 2480*560*560 2900*560*560
VACUUM TUBE  
size 58/1800mm
tube qty 15 20 25 30
tube packing size (mm) 1880*330*250
FRAME  
material galvanized ● stainless steel ○ aluminum ○
inclined roof -
angle 45°● 30°○
Hope after the comparison and introduction of each model, it could make you a better understanding of solar water heating system. At this moment, may be a type of solar water heater would be in your mind to choose. But before you purchase and install a solar water heating system, I think you want to do the following:
The economic consideration of solar water heating system
Evaluate your site's solar insolation
Determine the correct size for system
Determine the energy efficiency of system
Estimate and compare system costs
PS: Of course, it you still unclear about above information, Sunflower Solar Server would be very glad to be on service of you.
 
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SFE
SFH