A RESEARCH ON THE NEW TYPE SOLAR WATER HEATING TANK WITH ENERGY SAVING

• Main Author: Chun-Te LEE
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Politehnium Publishing House 2019-06-01
• Series: European Journal of Materials Science and Engineering
• Subjects: : carbon reduction; solar energy; water- heating tank
• Online Access: http://ejmse.tuiasi.ro/articles/EJMSE_4_2_3_Lee.pdf

Taiwan is a country with quite adequate amount of sunlight; even at the northern highlands solar-powered water heater will still be usable. However, the first generation conventional storage water heater and the second generation improved storage water heater design are not an idea. When hot water is being used, the tank refills itself with cold water, and, thus, resulting in the decrease of water temperature inside tank. This will cause the heater to have an additional heating cycle, also to increase consumption of energy sources. As for the disadvantage of the second generation storage water heater, we have designed the third generation storage water heater, the smart solar water heating tank with a movable "partition disk" inside the tank, to improve and effectively resolve problem of mixing hot and cold water so that the hot water can be fully utilized. And the result is the usage of hot water being twice more efficient than the first generation conventional design, and 1.6 times more than the second generation improved design.