Sunday, August 19, 2012

Passive solar heating and cooling


Passive solar building technology aims at the maximum collection/ absorption of natural solar heat energy followed by storage and distribution without any use of the conventional energy. This technology can be finally used in heating or cooling with the help of some additional devices of the particular building/area.
It is hence vey important for regions of cold climate where energy for space heating is a major daily item of domestic energy requirement. Passive solar heating of building has been already successfully carried out in ladder of India and Peru in South America.
Solar heating can be used for space heating in order to provide adequate warmth inside house, lodge, restaurants, and other facilities in the hills and mountain. The solar space heating system can be an avtive system which requires conventional energy to operate it. Similarly it is a passive system which operates entirely on the renewable energy available in the immediate environment.
The passive heating or building through solar energy involves the integration of the system into the structure of the building itself. The system works I three ways.
1.       Collection of sun rays
2.       Storage of the heat collected and
3.       Release of the heat in a useful way
The technique that can comes under solar passive heating are
1.       Direct gain
2.       Indirect gain
3.       Isolated gain and
4.       Solarium

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  1. Maintenance costs for solar heating systems are generally very low. Most solar heating systems come with a five-year or ten-year warranty and require little maintenance. Once fitted your installer should leave written details of any maintenance checks that you can carry out from time to time, ensuring everything is working properly.

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