Why does IHT use Asphalt Solar Collectors?
An Asphalt Solar Collector is a less expensive way to collect solar energy than using Solar Thermal Panels. ICAX invented Asphalt Solar Collectors to harvest heat from roads. Installing a pipe array beneath the surface of a road to collect heat gives a second function – heat collection – to existing building fabric – roads, car parks, or school playgrounds. An ICAX Skid can also collect heat from roof mounted solar thermal panels and store the heat in ThermalBanks. Although flat plate collectors, and especially evacuated tube collectors, are a more expensive way to collect heat, they perform the useful function of being able to raise the temperature of water to higher levels. If these roof-mounted solar collectors are sized to generate sufficient heat in mild weather, they are likely to produce excess heat in hot weather. If the excess heat is not used there is a risk that these solar thermal panels will overheat and damage themselves. An ICAX Skid can collect the excess heat and store
