Shockoe Solar installs solar thermal systems for domestic hot water and heating. Our most common system is described below:
AET's Eaglesun system
The Indirect Pressurized Series is a type of Residential Solar Hot Water System referred to as “indirect” because
the sun, through a roof-mounted collector, heats fluid circulating in a closed-off solar loop which
never comes in direct contact with usable water stored in an insulated tank.Indirect Pressurized System
Features:
-Accommodates climates where freezing
weather occurs more frequently.
-A Differential Control senses temperature
differences between water leaving the collector
and the coldest water in the bottom
of the storage tank. When the temperature
of the water in the collector is hotter than
the water in the tank, the differential control
operates the circulating pump.
-A heat exchanger is located within the storage
tank to maximize the heat transfer from
the antifreeze solution to the coldest water
in the storage tank.
