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Author Topic: The only solar system that works in sun (No!), rain, cloud and NIGHT!  (Read 790 times)
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« on: August 26, 2011, 11:18:05 AM »

The only solar system that works in sun (No!), rain, cloud and NIGHT!

Ambling through the Arndale Centre in Eastbourne last week when a brochure stating the above caught my eye………www.converteco.co.uk………website does not seem to spout the same as the brochure……anyone heard of this before?  onpatrol

http://www.energie.pt/english/

Operating principles

The sun does not always shine. In the winter, on average, it is only light for seven hours a day, with only three or four hours of sun, which places limits on the operation of traditional solar panels.

The Energie thermodynamic solar panels go beyond this limit by allowing the water temperature to be raised highly efficiently and economically, on rainy days or even at night.

The thermodynamic solar systems use the highly energy-efficient thermal solar technology, based on the principle of French physicist Nicolas Carnot, who discovered thermodynamics in 1840. Thanks to this principle, thermodynamic solar panels are capable of capturing the heat of the sun, in rain and wind, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.

The ecological liquid that circulates in a closed circuit, at sub-zero temperatures, captures the heat from solar panels and then releases it into the water through a heat exchanger

This facility, by which we link technology to a natural law, demonstrates the veracity and potential of the Energie solar systems.
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4 kW PV Array on the North Wales Coast - http://energy1.moonfruit.com/
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« Reply #1 on: August 26, 2011, 11:26:41 AM »

Sounds like a description of a heat pump - used as the circulating fluid.

Add some mirrors, and it could pick up star- and moon- light as well.  Smiley
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« Reply #2 on: August 26, 2011, 11:50:25 AM »

hello,

might be something like this www.ecomerchant.co.uk/content/hybrid-solar-solution the technical data sheet at the bottom of the page mentions working in the dark at -1°C

n.b. select technical info tab
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