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Energy Conservation Methods: Solar Water Heating System

This document discusses solar water heating systems in India. It notes that India has abundant solar energy potential that remains largely untapped. Solar water heating is a cost-effective way to harness solar energy and heat water for uses like bathing, laundry, cooking, and industry. The Indian government has implemented various schemes to promote solar water heating, including subsidies, tax benefits, and building code requirements. The goal is to increase energy security and sustainability through the use of solar water heating systems.

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Energy Conservation Methods: Solar Water Heating System

This document discusses solar water heating systems in India. It notes that India has abundant solar energy potential that remains largely untapped. Solar water heating is a cost-effective way to harness solar energy and heat water for uses like bathing, laundry, cooking, and industry. The Indian government has implemented various schemes to promote solar water heating, including subsidies, tax benefits, and building code requirements. The goal is to increase energy security and sustainability through the use of solar water heating systems.

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Energy conservation methods

Solar Water Heating System


INTRODUCTION
• India is blessed with solar energy in abundance at no cost.

• India is having high solar insolation of 46.5 KWh/sq.m/day for an


average of 280 sunny days and most of that resource has been left
untapped.

• One of the popular cost-effective devices that harness the solar energy
is Solar Water Heating System (SWHS).

• SWHS heating system is a commercially viable and technologically


mature product, is existing in country for many years with enormous
potential.
Solar Water Heater
HISTORY
• There are records of solar collectors in the United States dating back to
before 1900, comprising a black-painted tank mounted on a roof.

• SWHS has been widely used in Greece, Turkey, Israel, Australia,


Japan, Austria and China.

• Israel is a country, where solar water heaters are being used since
1950s.

• There was a fuel crisis and restrictions were imposed on heating water
using fossil fuel.

• Since then the Israelis are accustomed with heating water using SWHS.
In 1980, the Parliament of Israel introduced a law on mandatory solar
heating for new residential buildings
Scope in India

• India has a varying climate extending from extreme to


moderate due to its unique geographical features.

• Normally in the countryside, wood or biomass is used for


heating and in urban areas electricity or fossil fuels are used
for this purpose. This practice is either expensive or degrades
the environment.

• Therefore, solar water heating system can be a suitable


alternative to meet the growing demand of hot water in the
country without exerting further pressure on electricity or
cutting of forest trees from the forest areas. The SWHS has
the potential to save millions in energy costs in our country.
Steps Taken By Indian Government
• Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE), government of India and
some state-level agencies have formulated many schemes for promotion
of SWHS.

• There are also provisions of providing soft loans under the interest
subsidy scheme through a network of financial institutions and tax
benefits on all investments in solar energy technologies.

• The Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE) as per provision of the Energy


conservation Act 2001 has prescribed guidelines for Energy Conservation
Buildings Code (ECBC), which sets minimum energy standards for design
and construction of buildings. SWHS is one of the components covered
under ECBC to enhance energy performance of the buildings.

• With the objective of contributing to India’s Energy security and


sustainable development, the Prime Minister has launched Jawaharlal
Nehru National Solar Mission (JNNSM) in January 2010. The objective of
the mission is to establish India as a global leader in solar energy.
Uses of Solar Water Heating System

• Bathing.

• Laundry application in hotels, hospitals, hostels.

• Cooking (Pre-Heating of water helps in


reduction of use of fuel).

• Various industrial applications.


Contd.,

• A solar water heater consists of a collector to


collect solar energy and an insulated storage tank
to store hot water.
•The total system with solar collector, storage
tank and pipelines is called solar hot water
system.

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