Solar Water Heating Systems Applied in High-rise Residential Buildings in China

This paper introduces the Beijing Meilifang Project and the Tianjin Dingxiuxinyuan Project which apply solar water heating systems with centralized collection & decentralized supply, including their basic composition, operation principle, structure characteristics and operation performance, so as to provide a practicable solution for solar water heating systems installed in high-rise residential buildings. These Projects show that this type of solar water heating system possesses some outstanding features: Economic use and operation, convenient management, balanced benefits, safety and reliability, as well as building integration.