Dimensioning of solar thermal system

  • Erstellt am 2018-06-07 19:19:38

BenutzerPC

2018-06-07 19:19:38
  • #1
We are planning a solar thermal system with 5 sqm on the roof and a buffer tank of 300L. The water will be used for domestic hot water preparation. My questions: a) Is it worthwhile to go for a larger tank considering the collector area and also use it for heating? The storage volume is not fixed yet. b) What about circulation: keyword Legionella. What type of buffer tank is recommended here? The collector area is fixed (I will not go into details). Under these conditions, what is most effective and should be considered in terms of safety aspects (e.g. Legionella formation)?
 

Nordlys

2018-06-07 20:00:54
  • #2
We also have the 300 l. There should be no legionella, the water is clearly sixty plus hot. Heating support is nonsense. In summer you don’t heat, in winter there is hardly any solar yield. Leave it, waste of money.
 

BenutzerPC

2018-06-07 21:06:02
  • #3
Is the buffer storage with corrugated pipe or tank-in-tank? Which one is better? What about the risk that the liquid in the heating circuit heats up/overheats if no water is drawn? I have heard that many systems get damaged because of this?!
 

Nordlys

2018-06-07 21:22:00
  • #4
I don't know any of that, they installed it, I just use it.
 

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