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cdig · 03-09-11, 10:18 AM

My end goal is to replace/suppliment my electric furnace and to preheat the water going into my hot water tank.

The system will be comprised of the collector, a water/antifreeze storage tank in my basement, with copper or pex coils going to a water to air heat exchanger in my furnace ducting. There will also be a loop coming into the tank to preheat the HWT cold water feed.

The collector will focus on a single point that is the same size as the mirror tiles, 1ft square, which will be a steel plate manifold with the AF pumped through it.

The idea came from the collector detailed in the "Teton Engineering's Tracking Solar Concentrator " link I posted above. From what they've done there with flat mirrors they say they can generate 1200F...

you don't seem to think this is possible with flat mirrors?

03-09-11, 10:18 AM	#12
cdig Helper EcoRenovator Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 61 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	My end goal is to replace/suppliment my electric furnace and to preheat the water going into my hot water tank. The system will be comprised of the collector, a water/antifreeze storage tank in my basement, with copper or pex coils going to a water to air heat exchanger in my furnace ducting. There will also be a loop coming into the tank to preheat the HWT cold water feed. The collector will focus on a single point that is the same size as the mirror tiles, 1ft square, which will be a steel plate manifold with the AF pumped through it. The idea came from the collector detailed in the "Teton Engineering's Tracking Solar Concentrator " link I posted above. From what they've done there with flat mirrors they say they can generate 1200F... you don't seem to think this is possible with flat mirrors? Last edited by cdig; 03-09-11 at 10:20 AM..