Solar Water Heating

As a stated before and will most likely mention again in my future blog post's my structure has to be powered by the most sustainable and clean energy possible, that will do no harm to the environment in releasing green house gases. So I did some research in solar water heating which is really interesting and I found out that their needs to be a storage tank for the water, a solar collector, and a wire that would generate heat to the storage tank. The storage tank should be black because that will absorb the most heat. Then the system should be located on the roof's or places in high altitude so one can get the highest solar efficiency. I'm too concerned with the functionality of the solar water heater because my project is designing a structural model. Even in reality architect focus on the design of buildings and then it is the engineers job to determine how everything will function properly according to the architects design.

The nice think about solar water heating is that their in no pumping is required as the hot water naturally rises into the tank through thermosiphon flow. In a pump circulated system the storage tank is ground or floor mounted and is below the level of the collectors; a circulating pump moves water or heat transfer fluid between the tank and the collectors. Also if the storage is insulated properly that means that water will remain warm for a longer period of time.