Solar Thermal Report - Articles | Plumbing & Mechanical

Grundfos is on a mission to reduce energy used by pumps worldwide

John McNally

December 9, 2014

New Grundfos President and CEO Mads Nipper is ready to construct a new era at the Danish company.

Heating with locally produced wood chips

High-value chips in Update New York.

John Siegenthaler, P.E.

August 15, 2014

How an Upstate NY school now heats with locally produced wood chips.

A look inside a salt-free water softening system

What’s the water like?

Nadia Askar

August 15, 2014

Salt-free water softeners

Solar Thermal Report- Spring 2013: Solar thermal resources

Guide for installers is among the tools available to contractors and engineers.

Kelly Faloon

April 26, 2013

When we began publishing Solar Installer in 2008, our intent was to educate the readers of Plumbing & Mechanical about systems that use the renewable energy source of the sun to heat water and buildings. We

Solar Thermal Report- Spring 2013: PP-R to PEX transition

April 26, 2013

Aquatherm introduces a new polypropylene-random to PEX transition. The transitions, available in 1/2”, 3/4” and 1” sizes, are made from PP-R and brass.

Solar Thermal Report- Spring 2013: Hybrid drainback appliance

April 26, 2013

Wagner & Co. unveils its newest line of SECUSOL systems designed as standalone appliances for domestic hot water preparation.

Solar Thermal Report- Spring 2013: Setpoint control with variable-speed pump

tekmar’s Setpoint Difference Control 157 uses variable-speed pump operations to get more heat from a solar thermal system, even on less-than-ideal days.

April 26, 2013

tekmar’s Setpoint Difference Control 157 uses variable-speed pump operations to get more heat from a solar thermal system, even on less-than-ideal days.

Solar Thermal Report- Spring 2013: If I Made the Tanks, Part 1

What would an ideal pressurized thermal storage tank for a solar combisystem look like?

John Siegenthaler, P.E.

April 26, 2013

Residential solar combisystems provide domestic water heating and some percentage of space heating. Although less known than domestic hot water-only systems, combisystems can be practical and efficient if properly sized and designed.