Solar collectors do just what the words imply, they collect solar energy

Solar Collectors

Solar Collectors do just what the words imply, they collect solar energy for use in heating buildings, heating water, making electricity or powering heat engines. And there are many types of solar collectors:

Flat Plate Collectors: The most common type of solar collector used for heating water or air.

Batch Collectors: Also know as Integral collector-storage systems or ICs systems. This type of collector is probably the most basic type of collector there is.

Evacuated Tube Collectors: This type of collector is great where it is cloudy or high temperatures are needed.

Solar Pool Collectors: unglazed collectors usually made of heat and ultraviolet resistant plastic tubing for heating pools.

Concentrating Solar Collectors: These collectors use mirrors or shiny metal to concentrate the suns rays on a small area where it is absorbed in the form of heat or converted to electricity

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