Solar thermal heat pump : Curlin infusion pump.
Solar Thermal Heat Pump
- The process of concentrating sunlight to create high temperatures that are needed to heat fluids, like water (solar hot water) or to vaporize fluid to drive a turbine for electric power generation.
- Solar thermal energy (STE) is a technology for harnessing solar energy for thermal energy (heat). Solar thermal collectors are defined by the USA Energy Information Administration as low-, medium-, or high-temperature collectors.
- A parabolic (inverted cone shaped) mirror used to collect the sun’s energy and convert it into usable energy. Solar thermal water heaters are a basic, and inexpensive, form of solar energy.
- A device that transfers heat from a colder area to a hotter area by using mechanical energy, as in a refrigerator
- apparatus that extracts heat from a liquid that is at a higher temperature than its surroundings; can be used to transfer heat from a reservoir outside in order to heat a building
- A heat pump is a machine or device that moves heat from one location (the 'source') at a lower temperature to another location (the 'sink' or 'heat sink') at a higher temperature using mechanical work or a high-temperature heat source.
- A device which uses compression and decompression of gas to heat and/or cool a house.
Solar
This solar thermal unit is one of several installed on the roof of a York Housing Authority single-room occupancy building. The tubes are filled with propylene glycol, which doesn't freeze and which will be heated by the sun, pumped through the system and help heat the building's water.
Thanks to a $2 million competitive, energy-specific American Recovery and Reinvestment Act fund, the Housing Authority of the City of York has installed photovoltaic/solar panels and solar thermal units to service one of its single-occupancy buildings on 449 East King Street. The 24 solar panels, which are now active, have replaced the 93 apartment units' wall air-conditioning units and will also help heat the apartment units. The solar thermal units will help heat water for the building.
Monday, April 4, 2011
Chris Dunn photo
Solar Energy - Greece
ATHENS, GREECE, 25OCT2007 - Solar panels on the roof: A prototype building designed by Sol Energy Hellas that has been created to save 95% of normal energy demand was constructed in Athens and looks conventional like its neighbors. The building is not only eco friendly, it also will save money on energy use after about 11 years. It uses solar energy as well as geo-thermal heat pumps. PHOTO: Melanie Stetson Freeman / The Christian Science Monitor.
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