Neil has been logging the performance of his very nicely done
solar water heating system in the UK.
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The collectors for Neil's system |
As the plots show, the system performs well. The plots also give a good view of how the tank thermally stratifies during during the day as the heat exchanger removes heat from the tank.
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Performance for 1 day -- see link below for more |
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Gary