Environmental considerations aside, soaring energy prices make solar energy a must have. For a family that wants to reduce its spending on hot water, Solarstream makes perfect sense. This amazingly efficient solar water heater guarantees over 500 liters of hot water (at 500C) from its 314 liters tank. This heat pump water heater has a design that allows it to capture the solar energy from atmosphere very adeptly. By using heat transfer technology Solarstream can heat 340 liters of water from scratch in 1.7 hrs and that too several times better than conventional electric water systems (Solarstream delivers a Coefficient of Performance (COP) of 3.3 compared to a conventional electric water heater, which has a COP of around .85).
Delivering such a performance, Solarstream is suited not only for domestic usage but is also commercially quite viable. Solarstream manages to deliver such a performance by a very innovative design that captures solar heat from air through a copper condenser coil. A fan forces this heat through a fin coil to the warm refrigerant and in turn the heat gets passed on to a water tank. The end product is water heated to perfection and that too with a minimum wastage of energy. A robust and super-efficient design that ensures a drastic cut in energy consumption, Solarstream is adept to modern living requirements.
