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As their name would indicate, Ritter XL Solar specializes in large- and VERY large-scale solar thermal systems. This German company based in Karlsbad is dedicated to developing, distributing, planning and installing these large collector fields.
How Evacuated Tube Solar Thermal Panels Work
The solar thermal panels that Ritter XL Solar manufactures are quite different from the panels most people think of when they hear “solar energy.”
Ritter’s solar thermal panels are Compound Parabolic Concentrating (CPC) evacuated-tube panels that efficiently turn the sun’s rays directly into stored heat via a special absorption layer, inside the inner glass tube contained in a larger vacuum tube. The CPC mirrors behind all of the evacuated tubes re-direct sunlight from every angle to this absorption layer, efficiently converting sunlight from even cloudy skies into heat. This heat is then circulated and transmitted through pipes by nature’s most efficient heat transfer medium: water.
Applications for Large-Scale Solar Thermal Panels
Anywhere there is a demand for large quantity of hot water, whether it is domestic hot water or hot water used in hydronic heating systems, Ritter XL Solar thermal systems can be installed in arrays as small as 50 m2 (540 ft2) or as large as 10,000 m2 (2.5 acres).
Ritter solar thermal systems have been installed on the roofs or in the fields next to mid- to high-rise residential buildings, industrial facilities, and institutional applications (e.g. hospitals, schools).
These systems can drastically reduce the domestic hot water heating costs for hotels, or efficiently control the space temperature for heat-sensitive processes, like car painting or hospital patient care.
According to the LEED for New Construction rating system, a solar thermal system could help to earn 1-7 points toward Earth and Atmosphere Credit 2: On-Site Renewable Energy. Since Ritter XL solar thermal systems are a type of renewable energy, they could contribute to this credit.
This credit awards points based on the percentage of the building's annual energy costs offset by on-site renewable energy. For example, if a renewable energy installation offsets 1% of the project's energy costs, it earns 1 point. If it offsets 3%, it earns 2 points - and so on.
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