Harnessing the Sun: The Power of Evacuated Tube Solar Water Heaters
In this video, we take a closer look at evacuated tube solar water heating systems.
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Chapters:
0:00 - Intro
0:25 - Evacuated tubes?
1:34 - Low Pressure Systems
4:23 - High Pressure Systems
6:04 - Which one should you go for?
7:55 - Capacities & Price
9:33 - What's your experience?
A special thanks to Seven SS Stars Kenya
Пікірлер: 176
This man is a star. Watching from South Africa.
You're the 1st person who clearly explained what the difference between a low & high pressure system is
@solarwaterheatermachinery
Жыл бұрын
they use Assistant tank. That means the system is Low Pressurized or Non Pressurized solar system.
@Mramoyaw23
Жыл бұрын
You could have a low pressure system without an assistant tank. It would have an electronic switch to regulate the flow of water into the tank.
@solarwaterheatermachinery
Жыл бұрын
@@Mramoyaw23 That's one of the way. And also It seems the system didn't use magnesium rod. correct?
@AldenAranjo
Жыл бұрын
Very true. From India
An exact explanation, for everyone's understanding, something rarely seen on KZread. No off-topic footage, no uninteresting things, just what the title says. Congratulations from me.
Fantastic explanation. Uncomplicated and simply laid out for the "didn't know"people like me!! Presenter with a delightfully humble style.
@PropertyNoma
6 ай бұрын
Glad it was helpful!
This is THE best video about solar heaters I've seen. There are too many others from India and Pakistan but they just go with installation, begging for subscriptions and shares etc etc.. Your video is well categorized, TO THE POINT information and that's it. Others should Learn from you. Thanks, From Pakistan
@PropertyNoma
Жыл бұрын
Thanks
This is the most accurate description I have seen so far! Well done.
Greetings from South Africa - this is the bets explanation ever . Here we have many Retrofit systems - evacuated tubes connecting to the existing geyser inside the house.
@PropertyNoma
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for your kind words!
Well done to you for a great explanation! Absolutely perfect description. Thanks for explaining and sharing your knowledge!
this is very good sir..... straight to the point, good explanation , no other stories .... just purely amazing.
Fantastic. Very clear and nice explanation of the systems and thanks for clearing the difference between low and high pressure system
U are just the one I fill left out that I hadn't subscribed to the channel earlier enough ...precise n informative explanation
I have 2 low pressure tank for total of 300 Lt of hot water ,I got my system almost 25 years ago and still going strong even if 2 tubes have lost their black colour (have to change them soon....wouldn't change the system with anything else. Small downside: the 3 top floor has less pressure the the other 2 floors but still the best/simple system out there.
Sending Thanks and good wishes from Bangladesh. A very well detailed video.
You are a SCHOLAR. Watching from Nigeria. God bless you. Application of the topic Modes of Heat Transfer.
Very well explained, answered many of the questions I had about these. Thank you. 🔥
Among the best detailed explanations on how this works, congrats, quite detailed.
@PropertyNoma
Жыл бұрын
Thanks, glad you liked it
Thank you for the careful explanation - I'm very curious about temperature performance during rainy season, where there may be cloud cover and only a few hours of direct sunlight per day... if at all.
You really know how to explain how the whole system works
Brilliantly explained Thank you!
Very good video. Clear and easy to understand.
By far, this is the BEST solar water difference explanation on the internet that I've seen so far. Well done sir, hats off to you.
@PropertyNoma
2 ай бұрын
Wow, thanks!
thanks for the detailed video. Clear and touches all aspects..
well explained Mr. Noma thank you
Am looking to install one, and I've learnt from two of your videos. Thanks.
i use 4 x HP tubes do add heat to my koi pond for winter having built a simple cycle system myself with a relatively low flow rate and using simple pvc tubes and large dia pipe for the small tank. still working out the kinks but its a cheap easy way to heat a koi pond slightly to try to keep 3000 litres close as possible weather depending to 20-25 deg c. great video good to the point presentation etc
Thank you for an excellent job. 👍👍
Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge. Much appreciated
Yes, I recently installed one. Thank you❤
great video, thank you very much!
It works. I installed in Peru, south America. Thanks for the info
@PropertyNoma
10 ай бұрын
Awesome
Great job Nick!
You deserve more subs. Great content.
You did a great explanation, thanks from MX
very nice presentation - comprehensive description.
Great explanation!
Very good explanations
You did a great job explaining the working process of the solar tanks.. thanks a lot
@PropertyNoma
10 ай бұрын
You're welcome Eric
That's the way of explanation I like it buddy it helps me lot. ❤ From India. Keep it up.
Amani brother!!! Thank you from N.America...😊
Thanks bro for your explanation
Very Informative Sir, Thank you for sharing, i've learned a lot.
Excellent explained. Thank you!
@PropertyNoma
Жыл бұрын
Thanks
you should look into it ...very important
Thank You for the Clear and concise explanation!
@PropertyNoma
10 ай бұрын
Glad it was helpful!
Good job bro !
Perfect presentation 👌
Thank you!
You explain very well. Thank you
@PropertyNoma
Жыл бұрын
You're welcome
Great explanation of the solar heating system 😇
Thank you very much
Thank you, vvvv much!
We have Viessmann vacuum tube solar hot water system in conjunction with our boiler and a super insulated water tank. On the west coast of Canada it works amazing even on over cast days. We use solar power for the pumps since our tubs run horizontal and the tubes are set at the optimum angle for our latitude. This way the system sits tight to the roof and out of sight. I can see how a low pressure system could make a great for off grid shower.
Well done 👍
Big up, we mzee 🤝🔥
great video!
Thanks for this. I had never heard of this before.
@PropertyNoma
Жыл бұрын
You're welcome Robert
I need to attend one of your installations and learn there..
very well explained
@PropertyNoma
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for liking
Thank you for the video. Hard to find info on passive solar water heater here in US.
God bless you too
Good work bro
Great video, thanks
@PropertyNoma
Жыл бұрын
Thanks a lot
Thank you for sharing
@PropertyNoma
Жыл бұрын
You're welcome
Awesome!
@PropertyNoma
10 ай бұрын
Thank you! Cheers!
Nice video, well done.
@PropertyNoma
Жыл бұрын
Thanks
Thanks a lot sir.
@PropertyNoma
Жыл бұрын
You're welcome
God bless you too l like it
Dear Sir, you have explained the system very well. My small tank was replaced with pvc pipes by the plumber during that time he said the two pipes are leaking. Now he is not coming to repair.I have three hundred liters solar water heater having 30 tubes, two tubes are leaking. How to change washer and measure size, please explain.
Great video
@PropertyNoma
Жыл бұрын
Thanks
here in 2024...thankyou for this great explanations
I have an Evacuated Solar Tube system I installed in 2007 here in south western Canada. The solar tubes are only connected to a manifold with no storage at the top. I have 4 panels of 20 tubes each. The hot water is circulated into a 160 gallon stainless tank I have fabricated. It is basically open on top with an insulated lid on it with insulation on all other sides. I coiled 100 feet of copper tubing inside the tank and the service water to the inside gas fired hot water tank goes through this coil and extracts the heat from the tank so there is no connection from the water in the tank to the hot water used in the house. There is a very small low powered ceramic pump that circulates the water from the tubes to the tank. In winter there is sometimes a lot of cloud cover here so the water doesn't get heated. We get temperatures down to -20 F and the system has not yet frozen. My tubes are the cheaper version low pressure tubes. You could describe these tubes as being like a coffee thermos. The inner tube coating absorbs infrared radiation from the sun. If you left one of those tubes outside in sunny weather even at 30 below zero the water in the tube won't freeze. In fact there would be steam coming out the top in bright sunlight.
@PropertyNoma
9 ай бұрын
Thanks John for such an informative comment. Learned a lot from your DIY project
Sir, on the high pressure system, when the alcohol flashes off, it’s there any way to force this vapor through an orfice into an evaporator as in a refrigerator?
this could save our drought crisses
I've got an unpressuriesd 24T 200l system. I've just put a temp sensor at the bottom of a tube to see the water temp stratification in the night. Its still freezing outside so no water, but the temperature grows immediatly over 128C (max sensor temp) in sunlight and takes around 3 hours to fall to ambient air. Good stuff, cheap, but hard to install. I've removed with no problems a tube with water inside last year. I plan to calculate a liniarity between tank water temp and tubes so I'll know when it's safe to fill or drain earlier in the spring and farther in november and maybe install a low power heater for that .
@PropertyNoma
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the info Samuel
@PropertyNoma
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the info Samuel
@masongovender9231
Жыл бұрын
Brilliant, you should publish the information somewhere and drop a link.
I enjoyed watching your video. You really did well.....big thank you. I am a Ugandan and i work as a natural gas heating engineer installing heating systems in the uk. I have always wondered why our homes in Kampala don't have such evacuated heating systems. One thing I would like to ask you is the risk of legionnaire contamination in tanks. Is this something anyone have experienced in African using this system? Many thanks
@PropertyNoma
Жыл бұрын
I have no idea about legionnaire contamination.. Could you elaborate more on this?
Nick I am very new at this and have purchased two solar panel water heaters for a home at a beach front house. This house is located at latitude 11.95ª North, hence we have sun all year long. The Panel will be placed in the south to north direction and the roof has a slope of 10ª form north to South. In your experience at what slope from the horizontal do you recommend we place the panel tank to guaranty we have optimum convection flow from the tube to the tank. Thank you.
all is needed, is a cooling system to make it work.
great explanation, i already installed a unit at my house it works great at the sunny days but it rarely reach 35 degree during cloudy and rainy days, i wonder if you can use an alternative light source by night like strong projector , will this work ? and did any one try to put a source of light exposure to the tubes?? please let me know , again thank you all.
You need a building with lots of use of hotwater, kitchen, big family etc.
thank you african freind.
You are boss
3:07 So the convection is a counterflow within the same tube? Cold water flowing down / hot water flowing up at the bottom half / top half crossection of the same tube, the flows meeting in the middle... without mixing?
What about if the hot water is coming from the assistant tank what do uu do
It is good work. Is it necessary to concentrate the solar radiation? I have been studying about the impact of nanofluids on heat transfer from solar radiation. I need practical work on this kind of experiment. In addition, like in Kenya, in Ethiopia, there is excess sunlight throughout the year. Please, if you have such kind of project, let me know and participate in it. Thank you so much for such an interesting video.
(Jed kin ) has a very good intersecting comment this system we can us it to convert salt water into drinkable water.
HOW to calculate heat loss tank coefficient ???
Three glass flat plate heater 270 degree
Can you also cover how to do raised foundations on black cotton soils?
@PropertyNoma
2 жыл бұрын
If I get a site with a similar issue, I'll make a video in future.
@kennedymuchoki5208
2 жыл бұрын
Waiting for this content too🙏
Good video! May i asked how to get cold water up to a roof installed low pressure system without using a pump? Thank you!
@PropertyNoma
2 жыл бұрын
High water pressure from your local municipality can direct water into the system without a pump. Or you can put up a storage tank above the solar heater to direct water through gravity. But this option will need a pump to take water into the storage tank
@Mramoyaw23
Жыл бұрын
Not possible
@sagarsunny5944
Жыл бұрын
Without pump?? Take one bucket and go there to fill it Manually
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Good info, which one is suitable for salty borehole water?
@PropertyNoma
2 жыл бұрын
High pressure systems are recommended because there's no water filling up the evacuated tubes. But salty water will require more maintenance to get rid excess buildup.
@erichpizer1
2 жыл бұрын
also salt water will eventually corrode the copper tips of the tube so keep an eye on it
Hi, team How to clean it? What is cleaning maintenance?
@nashthakker9382
Жыл бұрын
I would suspect the build up of limescale would be of particular concern. A low cost solution would probably be to add to the tank citric acid and flush out thoroughly.
Thank you for a great presentation i now understand the difference. I recently purchased a high pressure system. can you explain what happens if I don't use the water heater in a day or 2? if I am not at home I was told that the pressure will build up and could damage the water heater.
@PropertyNoma
Жыл бұрын
As long as there's a pressure release mechanism I think your system will be okay...kindly consult your local solar heater technician for clarity
@zavnet
Жыл бұрын
@@PropertyNoma thanks for your reply, there is a pressure release valve on it. I was thinking I could cover the solar tubes if I am going to go away for a long time and turn off the supply of cold water to it. Could that help?
@PropertyNoma
Жыл бұрын
@@zavnet I'm not really an expert of solar heaters but I think that can help as long as it's only a few days.
I am sooner install one for higher pressure like 2ool Ian water engineers. thanks
@PropertyNoma
2 ай бұрын
Fantastic
Can ppr pipes do the pipe fitting of the systems??
@PropertyNoma
Жыл бұрын
Yes they can
Howdy I’m concerned about the glass tubes getting broken if hit by a rock or something. Can the tubes be covered with a glass pane and still be functional? Thank you very much
@PropertyNoma
Жыл бұрын
Maybe if the glass pane is transparent, but I think it will negatively impact the heating capacity of the SWH
How does the alcohol get back in the copper tubes after evaporation
@PropertyNoma
Жыл бұрын
In such tubes, the alcohol never leaves as it is sealed in. When temperatures cool, the gaseous alcohol condenses into liquid alcohol and the vice versa happens
Grate job with a nice explanation can I have your contact
Sir, I am thinking of a Physics Project with my students and we would love to make use of Evacuated Tubes. How much is the cost of one of this tube?
The outer layer glass of one of the tube is broken should I change it or not!?
@PropertyNoma
2 жыл бұрын
You should change it