Power Collector™
What is….
The Solarus Power CollectorTM is a concentrating, hybrid solar photovoltaic and solar thermal panel. Concentrating means that it has a curved mirror to collect and reflect more sunlight throughout the day. Hybrid means that it combines solar photovoltaic (PV) generation of electricity with solar thermal (T) generation heat.
It is a C-PVT Power Collector™
Both Active Cell Cooling (ACC) and MaReCo (Maximum Reactor Collector) technologies, makes the Power Collector™ the absolute highest performing thermal collector on the planet. Furthermore, the Power Collector™ is the first PVT system that can be mounted in-roof.
Where is it used…
RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS
Our Power Collector™ is an efficient product to provide residential homes with clean & abundant solar energy.
HOSPITALITY
The Power Collector™ is ideally suited to be employed in the hospitality industry where an attractive electricity / heat profile is used.
- Heating your tap water such as for showering
- Heating water for cleaning purposes
- Heating up your swimming pool
- Heating water to heat spaces
FOOD INDUSTRY
When hot water is used in industrial processes, there is a business case for the Power Collector™. In the Food & Beverage industry a lot of hot water is used for cleaning purposes and heating of ingredients.
A choice for the Power Collector™, which delivers most renewable energy per square meter, is therefore a very rational decision.
How it benefits
Power Collector™ generates more energy than 3 X conventional solar PV panels.
The Power Collectors are capable up to three times more of the available solar energy compared to conventional Solar PV
Benefits & Solutions for Industry
- Drying processes – heating water for the removal of water or another solvent by evaporation.
- Space / floor heating – heating water to heat spaces.
- Process conditioning – heating water for all kind of industry processes.
- Thermal storage – heating water for areas where a constant temperature is required.
- Cooking – heating water for slow cooking processes.
- Pasteurization – heating water for any kind of pasteurization processes of your food.
- Food processing – heating water for primary food production processes, like making cheese.
Benefits & Solutions for Hospitality
- Space heating – heating water to heat spaces.
- Tap water – pre-heating your tap water such as showers.
- Pre-wash – pre-heating water for cleaning purposes, such as pre washing dishes.
- Hotfill equipment – pre-heating water for cleaning purposes with hot fill equipment, such as laundry and dishwasher.
- Swimming pool – heating up your swimming pool.
- Benefits & Solutions for Agriculture • Drying processes – hot water for drying purposes, like crop drying.
- Heating of anaerobic digester for waste water treatment and bio gas production.
Benefits for Domestic
- Space / floor heating – heating water to heat spaces.
- Tap water – heating your tap water.
Benefits & Solutions for (Food) Industry
- Washing – heating water to clean fruit and vegetables.
- Cleaning – heating water for cleaning purposes, such as equipment, machinery and tanks.
Technical benefits
- More output per sq meter due to thermal energy harvesting (active cell cooling)
- Self-supported pump operation due to solar electricity generation
- No tanks on individual collectors due to centralised heat storage
- Better roof-insulation value due to the air-chamber in the Power Collector™
- No heat loss by wind due to the air-chamber
- Designed to handle high temperatures and pressures
- Highest stagnation temperature in the market, no need to cover our Power Collector™
- Built on 20 years of experience in solar thermal collector and PVT technology
Other Advantages
Easy Connect Installation
To improve ergonomics and on-site handling time, the entire system is optimised for quick and easy connections. This includes the mounting set-up, thermal connections and heat infrastructure.
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