In an increasingly energy-conscious world, renewable sources
of electricity are becoming more and more popular. Energy, however, is not
limited to electricity: heating and hot water, often provided by oil- or
natural gas burning boilers, is another significant contributor to home energy
use.
power inverter heaters are a method you may consider
to deliver clean, hot water to your home.
What is Solar Water Heating, And Why Should I Use It?
Suppose you left a bottle of water out in the sun on a warm,
sunny day, and discover that it has warmed to the point of becoming unpleasant
to drink when you return to it. In a more common example, you may remember once
leaving your car parked in the sun on a Midsummer Day, and finding that the
interior of the car has warmed to over one hundred degrees Fahrenheit by the
time you got back to it. In either case, you have witnessed solar heating;
while direct photovoltaic conversion of solar radiation into electricity is an
inefficient process, heating solid matter is a natural effect of sunlight. It is,
after all, the Sun's light which raises the temperature of the earth from the
ultra-cold temperatures of space by several hundred degrees Fahrenheit (with
some help from greenhouse gases), making our home planet livable.
inverter are engineered to maximize the
efficiency, and thus the heat transfer rate, of solar heating. A simple example
of how this is done is the classic science project of the solar oven: cover the
inside of a semicircle in a reflective material, like aluminum foil, and cover
it with a transparent lid. An object placed inside will be heated when the oven
is exposed to sunlight. Similar principles are used by solar water heaters to
raise the temperature of water to over one hundred degrees Fahrenheit to
provide hot water for bathing and other uses.
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