Solar thermal - what is that?

How does a solar plant work?

• The sun shines down on us 12 hours a day. Our collectors are installed on your building in a way, that the sun's heat can shine directly on them. Thus, the collectors can gather in all the sun's energy. The collectors contain a heat transfer fluid. This fluid is getting warmer throughout the day. The systems passes the fluid to the heat exchanger. The heat exchanger takes the heat

  from the fluid and hands it to the water in the storage tank. The now warm water can be used to shower, for bathing or for the dishwasher as well as the washing machine, but for the heating too. If no one is home, or simply no warm water is needed, the storage tank holts in the heat, ready for the next use. This way, a solar plant can be used during cold and cloudy days, when the sun doesn’t shine that often.
  
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Akotec Systems

• The AKOTEC full vacuum tube collector is in many ways different from the regular ones on the market. Our products are self-developed and not imported from foreign countries, like China. They are 100% made in Germany. We stand behind our products and want to create systems, which can demonstrably help the environment and our customers.
  We offer options for

  private and commercial customers. Whether you need a solution for your home or your own company, we will always find a possibility to use the suns energy. We offer high-quality products, which are easy to install and uncomplicated in the aftermath.
  
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requirements

• For a solar plant, some requirements must be met. If you want to use the power of the sun, then you should have an open area facing south. Deviations in the direction, e.g. with a west-south or south-east facing, can be corrected with our rotatable tubes inside the collectors. It’s not absolutely needed to install them on the roof.

  We have solar plant solutions for a balcony or even the ground to give the collector as much sunlight as possible. Depending on some conditions, you can cover the complete warm water needs in your home and heat it in the meantime. A heating coverage of 100% is possible as well. For that, the solar system will be equipped with the fitting storage tank and the building itself needs a high insulation value. The size of the solar plant depends on the number of people using it as well as the living area. Furthermore, it has to be specified what the solar system has to cover. Because systems, used for water heating for domestic use, can be planned a little smaller than systems for industrial solar heating purposes. To save even more energy, you can connect the dish washer and washing machine with the warm water pipe.
  
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important components

• A solar plant has many important components. The most obvious are the collectors. Type, installation placement and dimensioning have a big impact on the output’s quality. When it comes to the decision for the solar plant, the collectors are very important, because they are the main element of

  a solar system. The collector collects the sunlight and transforms it into heat. Thereby, the fluid inside the collector will be heated and the pipe system transports it to the storage tank. From here on, the heat will be used to make warm water or support the heating system. When it comes to the planning, control technology, storage tank and piping it is important as well. What you need exactly and in which extent, can be found out through our easy-planner or with the help of our team!
  
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