four tanks, and solar-thermal collectors.”In the discharging process, the reactor acts as a heat pump, extracting heat from the low-temperature source through the evaporation of water,” the ...

The system consists of a ground-mounted solar thermal plant, a 2.5 MW heat pump, a gas boiler, and a vertical cylindrical hot water tank of 1,000 m3. “In this system, the heat pump plays a ...