3268.8btu/hr peak, 2951.8btu/hr avg. (out of a max potential of 3804) = 96.8% peak efficiency, 77.6% avg. Total of 15,349.4btuhs were produced Electrical equivalent: 1067.8w/hr peak, 856w/hr avg. Total of 4.5kwhs were produced. Thats close to 15% of the average homes winter heating requirement. If youre going to invest in solar power, invest in solar thermal technologies first - theyre far more cost effective compared to PV panels because PV can only harness up to %20 of the total solar energy hitting its surface and then the electricity has to be converted to heat which means more equipment and energy losses, whereas solar thermal modules can clearly harness up to 97% of that energy for direct applications. The total square footage of PV required for a 1kw system is about 56ft^2, which means an array thats over 4.5 times the size of a 12ft^2 solar heating module like the one below, and up to 6 times the cost. Performance report: renewablesystemstechnology/uploads/3/5/1/9/3519440/hiijan21reverseflowperformancereport_2015_01_22_23_47_40_505.pdf DIY plans and tutorials: renewablesystemstechnology https://youtube/watch?v=iIavXrk-sho
Posted on: Fri, 23 Jan 2015 11:38:14 +0000
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