ᐅ Solar Thermal for Domestic Hot Water and Additional Heating Support?
Created on: 8 Jun 2017 15:50
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ShawN46
Hello everyone,
in our new house (existing property), a natural gas condensing boiler system is installed in combination with a solar thermal system (both were installed about 1.5 years ago).
Now I am wondering if it would be worthwhile to upgrade the solar thermal system to provide heating support as well?
A heating technician friend of mine said that especially in combination with underfloor heating (which we plan to install, as until now we have only had conventional radiators), adding heating support through solar thermal makes sense (mainly because of the relatively low flow temperature, of course). Another heating technician, however, believes that a solar thermal system should only be designed for domestic hot water, and anything beyond that would be a waste of money...
Therefore, I would be interested in your opinions or even better, your experiences regarding solar thermal for domestic hot water only, or for domestic hot water plus heating support!
Current setup: natural gas condensing boiler 17 kW, solar thermal flat plate collectors with 9.36 m² (101 sq ft), 800-liter (210-gallon) combined stratified storage tank.
Thanks in advance!
Best regards
in our new house (existing property), a natural gas condensing boiler system is installed in combination with a solar thermal system (both were installed about 1.5 years ago).
Now I am wondering if it would be worthwhile to upgrade the solar thermal system to provide heating support as well?
A heating technician friend of mine said that especially in combination with underfloor heating (which we plan to install, as until now we have only had conventional radiators), adding heating support through solar thermal makes sense (mainly because of the relatively low flow temperature, of course). Another heating technician, however, believes that a solar thermal system should only be designed for domestic hot water, and anything beyond that would be a waste of money...
Therefore, I would be interested in your opinions or even better, your experiences regarding solar thermal for domestic hot water only, or for domestic hot water plus heating support!
Current setup: natural gas condensing boiler 17 kW, solar thermal flat plate collectors with 9.36 m² (101 sq ft), 800-liter (210-gallon) combined stratified storage tank.
Thanks in advance!
Best regards
The heating system in the house from the example above uses gas as the energy source.
If the values differ by a factor of six compared to a similar house, it means the house is either not heated or many above-average measures have been taken to achieve these values.
I wonder if the 10% was also used in this case?
You are right and I am wrong.
I only see what I want to see.
If the values differ by a factor of six compared to a similar house, it means the house is either not heated or many above-average measures have been taken to achieve these values.
I wonder if the 10% was also used in this case?
You are right and I am wrong.
I only see what I want to see.