Heat supply of buildings with environmentally friendly sources using solar energy

Abstract

Taking into account the fact that the volume of traditional fuel energy is not significant and limited, it is important for the present and future generation to introduce new progressive ideas concerning alternative changes in the fuel energy complex in the prism of environmental education. The issues of energy efficiency of alternative fuels in Ukraine is more acute than in the world. The reasons for this are outdated technologies, the exhaustion of resources, the use of fixed assets for electricity and heat generation, which together with low fuel efficiency leads to significant emissions of harmful substances. The use of solar energy in Ukraine will make it less dependent on fluctuations in fuel prices. It is known that, solar installations are often characterized by complex structures or low utilization of the useful space, require complex electro mechanical systems and guidance mechanisms. Currently, there are a significant number of solar collectors, different design and technical and economic indicators. Environmental friendliness and economic benefits of these systems remain the main issue during installation. Taking into account the scientific and technological progress that reduces the cost of energy obtained with the help of solar collectors, the improvement of structures that generate thermal and electrical energy remains an urgent issue today. The paper offers design solutions for improving the translucent facades of buildings, which today play an extremely important role in architectural and structural terms. Such a solution based on the use of solar energy is a solar collector integrated into the light transparent facade of the building, which will save space for its self-installation and allow generating consumer energy by the structure of the building. Theoretical formulas for constructing and calculating the energy characteristics of a solar power supply system are elucidated for the proposed design of a hybrid thermal and photovoltaic solar collector.