Water Heaters - Hybrid

How It Works? – Hybrid

The hybrid approach is designed to eliminate general shortcomings of other technologies. For example, hybrids are activated by either thermostat (similar to tanked) or flow (similar to tankless).

Hybrids have small storage tanks that temper incoming cold water. This means hybrids only have to increase water temperature from warm to hot as opposed to tankless which has to raise completely cold water to hot.

The defining characteristics of a “hybrid water heater” are:

• A combination of water flow of tank and efficiency of tankless of water heater

• Built-in small storage water reservoir as part of heat exchanger (typically between two gallons to 20 gallons)

• Dual activation: flow sensing and thermostat control

Hybrid water heaters can be gas-fired (natural gas or propane), or be electrically powered using a combination of heat pump and conventional electric heating element.

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Water heaters - Solar

How It Works? – Solar

In order to heat water using solar energy, a collector, often fastened to a roof or a wall facing the sun, heats working fluid that is either pumped (active system) or driven by natural convection (passive system) through it.

The collector could be made of a simple glass-topped insulated box with a flat solar absorber made of sheet metal, attached to copper heat exchanger pipes and dark-colored, or a set of metal tubes surrounded by an evacuated (near vacuum) glass cylinder. In industrial cases a parabolic mirror can concentrate sunlight on the tube. Heat is stored in a hot water storage tank. The volume of this tank needs to be larger with solar heating systems in order to allow for bad weather, and because the optimum final temperature for the solar collector[clarification needed] is lower than a typical immersion or combustion heater. The heat transfer fluid (HTF) for the absorber may be the hot water from the tank, but more commonly (at least in active systems) is a separate loop of fluid containing anti-freeze and a corrosion inhibitor which delivers heat to the tank through a heat exchanger (commonly a coil of copper heat exchanger tubing within the tank).

Copper is an important component in solar thermal heating and cooling systems because of its high heat conductivity, resistance to atmospheric and water corrosion, sealing and joining by soldering, and mechanical strength. Copper is used both in receivers and primary circuits (pipes and heat exchangers for water tanks).

• The positives for you

Because you’re using the sun’s energy to heat your water, less non-renewable energy sources are being used. This works for you in more ways than one:

• The amount of greenhouse emissions you produce could be reduced.

Why? Because heating water is the largest single source of greenhouse gas emissions from the average property (23% of household emissions).

• The amount of money you spend on energy may be reduced.

Why? Because where a five star energy efficient gas hot water system saves you 15% on running costs, a gas-boosted solar hot water system can double this. And if you’re upgrading from a traditional electric hot water system you could save even more.

• The government could rebate some of your costs.

Why? Because there are government incentives in place which reward eligible customers for choosing renewable energy sources for their property’s energy use.

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Water Heaters - Electric

How It Works? – Electric

In household and commercial usage, most North American water heaters have traditionally been the tank type. Also called storage water heaters, these consist of a cylindrical vessel or container that keeps water continuously hot and ready to use. Typical sizes for household use range from 75 to 400 litres (20 to 100 US gallons). These may use electricity, natural gas, propane, heating oil, solar, or other energy sources. Natural gas heaters are most popular in the US and most European countries, since the gas is often conveniently piped throughout cities and towns and currently is the cheapest to use.

Another popular arrangement where higher flow rates are required for limited periods is to heat water in a pressure vessel that can withstand a hydrostatic pressure close to that of the incoming mains supply. In North America, these vessels are called hot water tanks, and may incorporate an electrical resistance heater, an air source heat pump, or a gas or oil burner that heats water directly.

Where hot-water space heating boilers are installed, DHW cylinders are usually heated indirectly by primary water from the boiler, or by an electric immersion heater (often as backup to the boiler). In the UK these vessels are called un-vented cylinders. In the US, when connected to a boiler they are called indirect-fired water heaters.

• Energy usage

The power consumption of electric showers in the maximum heating setting is about 5.5 kW for 120 V and 7.5 kW for 220 V. The lower costs with electric showers compared to the higher costs with boilers is due to the time of use: an electric shower uses energy only during the water flow, while a boiler works many times a day to keep a larger quantity of standing water hot for use throughout the day and night. So electric showers may save energy compared to gas central heaters. A 20-minute bath by an electric shower can cost about US$0.10, but the same bath using water from a gas heater can cost three times as much. This difference can be larger where the electricity is cheaper than the gas supply, or in tropical countries where the maximum power consumption is required only during the cold seasons.

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