Understanding a Solar Pool Heat Exchanger –
When it comes to choosing a heat exchanger, a flat plate solar heat exchanger isn’t ideal because of the added chlorine and bromine as well as the flow requirements at the pool or hot tub side. This is where; investing in a specially designed high-flow pool heat exchanger makes sense.
This heat exchanger has the ability to handle the high secondary side flow and higher chlorine levels. Because of its better flow characteristics, this is an ideal choice for solar pool heating or solar hot tub heating applications.
If you need help with heating of salt water, it’s highly recommended to install a titanium solar pool heat exchanger because of its high resistance against chlorine and salt water.
The Main Features –
A Northern Lights solar pool heat exchanger features a high heat transferring, efficient heat exchanger tubes and smooth shell, ensuring high velocity inside. This makes the heat exchanger highly reliable, efficient and an affordable way for heat transfer. However, the heat transfer is done indirectly between any solar heater or boiler circuit and any spa or pool circuit apart from other applications.
Top Benefits of Solar Pool Exchangers
- The solar pool heat exchanger is designed to perform at a high secondary side fluid velocity with low pressure drop.
- It comes with a helical coiled design, making it unique from other shell and tube heat exchangers available today. This exceptional design ensures efficient heat transfer performance and diverse applications.
- For maximum performance, the product is installed in a counter-current flow technique. The heating or hot fluid flows through the primary side or a tube whereas the heated or cold fluid flows through the shell or secondary side.
- For swimming pool applications, the pool water should flow through the shell side and the boiler water needs to flow through the tube side.
- The heat exchanger has a co-efficient of 14000 w/m2 deg C and heat exchanging capacity of 3-7 times than traditional equipment.
- It comes with compact configuration and occupies small area, which is around one tenth of the traditional equipment.
- This is equipped with stainless steel and titanium material for endurance against high temperature, pressure and corrosion.
- It features a Helix screw thread elasticity heat exchange bundle that eliminates the stress.
- The design flux speed is of 5.5 m/s, resulting in less dirt.
- The heat exchanger is easy to install, durable and has big flow volume.
The Design Parameters of a Solar Pool Heat Exchanger
- Shell Side Pressure: 60 PSI (4 bar)
- Shell Side Temperature: 140F (60c)
- Tube Side Pressure: 150 PSI (10 bar)
- Tube Side Temperature: 250F (120c)
The Solar Pool Heat Exchanger Applications
- If you need a smaller solar pool heat exchanger, a SP 155K is an ideal selection. Typically, this is used combining an existing pool heater and solar system. It will work well for water temperature maintenance, which is supplied initially by an auxiliary gas heater. The total heat exchange surface area is .34 M2 (3.66 ft2).
- If you look for a larger solar pool heat exchanger, a SP 300K is perfect for you and is used with a larger solar system like the primary heat source. The pool collector size is important to operate a solar pool heater properly. The total heat exchange surface area is .65 M2 (7 ft2).
Bottom Line –
When it comes to investing in a solar pool heat exchanger, you should look no further than Solar Tubs. Our Northern Lights solar pool heat exchanger comes with highly efficient and durable solar pool heater tubs for optimal performance and efficiency. For more information, please visit our website at https://www.solartubs.com/solar-pool-heat-exchanger.html.
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