When the sun lights hit on the wall, this lights are let inside, reflected of absorbed by the building materials. The heat is sent by the sun causes air movement in a created duct. Starting from this, the buildings can be heated by the solar as a natural energy sources. One of these heating system is solar wall as well. The sun's rays area absorbed slowly by the wall in this system. After that, this absorbed heat is transferred to the internal places by means of mass. Solar wall can be installed on the external facades and the roofs as well. Solar panels that absorb the solar energy is the main component of this systems. there are a couple of holes on the panels. Because of the created negative pressure behind the panels, the air coming from the outside through the holes is heated by absorbed solar rays. Therefore, the heated air is transferred to the places that need to heat be means of air duct so this system contributes to heat the building.
The Advantages of Solar Wall Systems
·This system has very high efficiency (more than 80%).
·Providing a very significant energy savings during the winter season so the energy cost is reduced.
·The payback period is less than the other systems (1-6)
·Air temperature can be increased until 40 oC in sunny days.
·The hot air can be spread in good order.
·There is no need for maintenance ( only the fans are the moving part)
·Low operation cost
·No GHGs emission to the environment.