SHW with dual-coil tanks [RE-wrenches]
Tom Lane
tom at ecs-solar.com
Tue Jun 17 06:01:42 PDT 2008
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All dual pumped EXTERNAL HEAT EXCHANGE SYSTEMS WHERE THE approach
temperature IS PROPERLY SIZED will outperform all HEAT EXCHANGE TANKS
THAT RELY on convection by 20% with the same collector area --simple
physics. gatortom
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From: "Doug Wells" <dwells at thesolarspecialists.com>
To: <RE-wrenches at topica.com>
Sent: Monday, June 16, 2008 1:02 PM
Subject: Re: SHW with dual-coil tanks [RE-wrenches]
>
> Nik,
>
> I am uncertain about the move to dual coil tanks in the NorthEast.
> I doesn't make sense to me. Besides the fact that much of the work is
> retro-fits.
> Anyway, by keeping the 2 tank system you are keeping a much higher
> efficiency during the darker colder months.
> By having a large body of cold water to dump heat into every time there
> is sun, you are keeping efficiencies way higher.
> The solar can heat say 80 gallons of water to a temperature of 110 on a
> sunny winter day. This can vary greatly, but stay with me.
> Heating the incoming water from 50 to 110 degrees is a significant amount
> of heating. The goal is to have as many of the Btu's coming from
> the sun as possible. Then the primary tank takes the water up to 120 or
> 150 or whatever they have the tank set at. Still a large reduction in
> the heating
> of the primary tank.
> Having a single tank does save money, but how much? $1-2,000? With the
> current cost of fuels it seems that 30 years of partial winter heating
> will
> pay for itself.
> The single tank system works in theory, but the stratification of the
> tank is not absolute. It depends on demand, usage patterns and tank
> temperature.
> As always, we need more concrete numbers on the temp. stat. in a single
> tank. I am reluctant to give away an awful lot of partly cloudy days up
> here that
> could heat a second tank, but might not be able to over come a single
> tank with boiler coil.
> I might try a single tank system in a new application with an intelligent
> control system,
> but I am sticking with 2 tanks for most work.
> Thoughts?
>
> Doug Wells
> The Solar Specialists
> Worcester, VT 05682
> (p) 802-223-7014
> (c) 802-498-5856
> www.thesolarspecialists.com
>
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