MARKET ANALYSIS OF INTEGRATED STORAGE COLLECTORS

268.1 GW of solar thermal plants (ST) operate in the world with a total area of the solar collectors (SC) 383 million m², where vacuum collectors SC are dominant (62.3 %). Flat SC type of collectors is dominant in Europe (87 %). One of the areas of improvement ST is the use of the integrated storage collector, where glazing and flat absorbers of with thermally insulated tanks of thermosiphon ST are structurally combined. The analysis of the integrated storage collector of six leading manufacturers, found that their shape can be a parallelepiped-shaped trough-shaped and spherical. Transparent insulation is made from glass or polycarbonate. Absorber and tanks are made from stainless steel, copper, or plastic. Area of the integrated storage collector is in the rnage of 0.6 to 2 , 65 m², tanks capacity varies from 60 to 250 liters. Some integrated storage collectors can be assembled into blocks and used for hot water and heating.

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