A company that is engaged in manufacturing the solar air heating panel, Shin Nikkei Co. operates out of Tokyo, Japan and it mainly provides their solar air heating panels to schools more than to any other kind of buyer. With the help of such solar air heating panels it is possible to draw solar heated air from the outside of a building into a room and in this way heat up the room. At one time, Shin Nikkei only made their solar air heating panels to order but once the orders books expanded the company began to mass produce the solar air heating panel.
Aluminum Plates
Shin Nikkei makes solar air heating panels that use aluminum plates that are already painted in black color with some fluoro-polymer and the panel is installed on the building’s outside wall. Then the air outside the building is heated both with the help of the surface of the solar air heating panel and also through heat exchange when the air passes through perforations made in the solar air heating panel. This heated air is then sent, with the help of a fan, to the inside of the room.
Each solar air heating panel made by Shin Nikkei is about 1.8 meters wide and is 0.9 meters tall and is made with a pane that is made for them by Conserval Engineering Inc., Canada that is a well known manufacturing company in the field of high energy-saving technologies. The outer surface of the solar air heating panel unit is covered with some poly-carbonate plastic paneling which gives the panel added protection.
Shin Nikkei estimates that when customers purchase their 6.48 square meter solar air heating panel and install the same on the south wall of a classroom in a school that accommodates about forty pupils it will lead to considerable savings. These savings will then help in paying back the investment made by the school in installing their solar air heating system. Companies in the US will do well to learn from the Japanese about how to make best use of solar air heating and Shin Nikkei is a good example of how a company can produce these panels in large numbers.
Selecting the right passive solar heating panel does not require too much thought other than the fact that you need to choose the correct orientation of the home. Furthermore, you need to understand that clear glass will transmit about eighty to ninety percent of solar radiation and will only absorb or reflect just ten to twenty percent. So, the windows should be made from clear glass which will help in transmitting solar radiation through the glass and into the home or room.
