subject: Solar Hot Water In Daily Life [print this page] Day in, day out, energy is produced and consumed in many ways throughout the world. Heat is a very important form of energy, though there is more than one way to provide heat. Combustible materials such as gas and oil are considered traditional forms of heat, however, the suns rays send down an incredible amount of energy every day. Harvesting this heat is very clean and efficient.
A solar hot water system is a device that transfers the heat from the suns radiation into water. This solar hot water can then find many purposes throughout daily life. Consider a day with solar hot water; upon waking, you can take a shower or bath, and the water will have been energized and heated by the suns effectively free fuel. Now to get dressed for the day, in the wardrobe all the clothes have been laundered previously with the same heated water. Enjoy a cup of your favourite morning drink, coffee, tea, perhaps oat meal to eat and some boiled eggs. All of this can be done with solar hot water. For the full potential of solar hot water, the system must be carefully considered, and you require power, reliability, durability and efficiency.
The SolarBeam is a parabolic concentrating dish, tracking the sun as it crosses the sky. The dish has pinpoint precision; the custom programming controlling the dish knows where the sun will be anywhere on the globe, any season at every second during the day. This shape of the dish requires this accuracy. The dish focuses all the suns warming radiance onto a central point, the absorber. This metal centrepiece then transfers the heat into the solar circuit, where the energy, as solar hot water, can be used for many reasons. The size of the absorber gives this system an advantage over other styles of solar hot water collector. The efficiency stays high as the temperature difference between the ambient air and the collector fluid increases.
The SolarBeam is truly an all-season and world-wide capable solar hot water collector. It has been certified by multiple independent laboratories and organizations around the globe. In Europe, this solar hot water system holds the Solar Keymark 12975-2 certification, in the USA, the system has been tested to the SRCCs standard 600. In Canada, it holds certification from the CSA as well as NZS 2712 certification in Australia. This solar hot water system has proven design. The SolarBeam is the best choice available, it can be interfaced with any technology requiring heat or hot water.
