Can solar energy deliver electricity and hot water in the dark?
“Of course.” says, Stephen Bradbury, Executive Director of Frankston based Solar Flare International Limited. “Our Thermal batteries store heat during the day that is drawn on at night to generate power, heat water, space heating and cooling.”
The principle has been successfully applied to base load solar power stations in South Australia, Spain, the United States and Middle East but not on a domestic scale.
The thermal battery was invented by two men from Frankston Victoria.
The company’s demonstration thermal battery has a storage capacity of 50kw of thermal energy and 20kw of thermal electrical energy. It’s currently being tested in Mount Eliza.
The trial thermal battery is charged to 220 degrees centigrade by two automated parabolic trough mirrors. It can be charged by any solar or waste heat source such as high tech evacuated cylinders, solar pool heaters, geothermal energy, fuel cells or waste heat generated by industrial processes such as ovens, kilns, generating plants and boilers.
A 100kw unit for domestic and light industrial use will be trialled in late February. In addition to the provision of hot water it will be coupled with a 4.5kwh micro turbine powered generator developed in Narre Warren. The turbine uses a refrigerant gas as its propulsive medium. Stephen says, “Co-generation opportunities will soon to be available for homes and small businesses such as panel beaters, bakers and pizza makers that will significantly offset emissions and reduce energy bills.”
Costs of the package for non grid feed applications are expected to be about half that of an equivalent photo voltaic (solar panel) system.
The major service interval of the Solar Flare thermal battery is 15 years. Service costs for a 100kw thermal battery are approximately $75 a year.
Steve Bradbury says, “The world’s reserves of hydro carbon fuels are finite and energy costs are rapidly escalating. Carbon emissions threaten our future. The future of the world is electric and the best way of generating electricity is the sun. Our thermal battery enables that energy to be available 24 hours a day. Micro power stations using the sun and recycle waste heat are the way of the future.”
Full product description & applications - http://solarflareinternational.com/explore-our-technology
Contact Stephen Bradbury on 0415463425 or email [email protected].
“Of course.” says, Stephen Bradbury, Executive Director of Frankston based Solar Flare International Limited. “Our Thermal batteries store heat during the day that is drawn on at night to generate power, heat water, space heating and cooling.”
The principle has been successfully applied to base load solar power stations in South Australia, Spain, the United States and Middle East but not on a domestic scale.
The thermal battery was invented by two men from Frankston Victoria.
The company’s demonstration thermal battery has a storage capacity of 50kw of thermal energy and 20kw of thermal electrical energy. It’s currently being tested in Mount Eliza.
The trial thermal battery is charged to 220 degrees centigrade by two automated parabolic trough mirrors. It can be charged by any solar or waste heat source such as high tech evacuated cylinders, solar pool heaters, geothermal energy, fuel cells or waste heat generated by industrial processes such as ovens, kilns, generating plants and boilers.
A 100kw unit for domestic and light industrial use will be trialled in late February. In addition to the provision of hot water it will be coupled with a 4.5kwh micro turbine powered generator developed in Narre Warren. The turbine uses a refrigerant gas as its propulsive medium. Stephen says, “Co-generation opportunities will soon to be available for homes and small businesses such as panel beaters, bakers and pizza makers that will significantly offset emissions and reduce energy bills.”
Costs of the package for non grid feed applications are expected to be about half that of an equivalent photo voltaic (solar panel) system.
The major service interval of the Solar Flare thermal battery is 15 years. Service costs for a 100kw thermal battery are approximately $75 a year.
Steve Bradbury says, “The world’s reserves of hydro carbon fuels are finite and energy costs are rapidly escalating. Carbon emissions threaten our future. The future of the world is electric and the best way of generating electricity is the sun. Our thermal battery enables that energy to be available 24 hours a day. Micro power stations using the sun and recycle waste heat are the way of the future.”
Full product description & applications - http://solarflareinternational.com/explore-our-technology
Contact Stephen Bradbury on 0415463425 or email [email protected].