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SolarVenti
Energy Collector
(NB: SolarVenti Energy Collector, is for the time being
only sold in Scandinavia)
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An obvious supplement to geothermal heat
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An energy “collector” sends fluid-borne
heat from both sun and wind into a large
heat storage system, typically of sand
or earth under a building. An energy
Collector is a lot cheaper and much more
effective for this purpose, compared to
a traditional Solar Panel.
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The energy collector can be
installed on a roof or on
the ground. The illustration
shows a roof model with
ribbed pipes in a stand. |
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In practice, the visible part of the
energy collector - the black, corrugated
plastic pipes - are simply laid out on a
flat roof or mounted on a stand.
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The energy collector set up
as a fence. Together with a
geothermal heating system,
the energy collector shown
here meets the requirements
of a building of between 400
and 1000 m2. |
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The black, corrugated plastic pipes are
the energy collector’s fluid circuit
which is warmed up both by the sun and
by the wind. The energy collector’s
circulation pump sends this heat into
the heat storage system. |
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An energy collector and a geothermal
heating system with a heat pump are the
perfect combination. While the energy
collector sends heat from the sun and
wind into a heat storage system, with
the help of underground, plastic pipes,
the geothermal heating system extracts
heat from the earth and sends it into
the building.
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When the energy collector sends its
energy into the heat storage system and
the geothermal heating system retrieves
its heat from the same storage system,
the two systems supplement each other
perfectly. The heat from the energy
collector significantly increases the
efficiency of the geothermal heating
system as the efficiency of the heat
pump will always be directly dependent
on the temperature in the heat storage
system from which it retrieves its heat.
Furthermore, the energy collector
ensures that the heat storage system is
always “fuelled” with the most suitable
temperature. The energy collector raises
the temperature in the earth, from below
freezing to 5 - 15ºC, depending on the
size of the energy collector used.
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Due to the increased performance of the
geothermal heating system, the heat
pump’s supplementary electric cartridge
is used far less during cold periods.
If you set up an energy collector from
the very beginning, you will be able to
save 50% on the cost of underground
piping for a geothermal heating system.
The repayment period for an energy
collector, as a supplement to geothermal
heat, is short; usually, much less than
ten years and often around five years.
Under normal circumstances, a geothermal
heating system will result in severe
cooling of the ground and, at times,
permafrost may form. This will not
happen if an energy collector is
included in the circuit.
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A 6 m2 energy collector of black,
corrugated plastic piping has a surface
area of approx. 24 m2. This is enough
for a 6 - 9 kW heat pump, combined with
underground pipes.
The energy collector is efficient all
year round. During much of the summer,
the energy collector is used to charge
the earth, almost in the same way as you
would charge a battery, and during the
frosty winter months, we draw on the
heat that has been stored in the earth.
In short: If you want to improve
the operation of a geothermal heating
system, an energy collector is the ideal
solution.
See
"Other products”
for current prices. |
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