WE CREATE ENERGY!
Chernobyl

Day Care Centre
Zhytkovichi, Belarus
FKI 16.8 m2 - 4000 l buffer
75 kW wood gasification boiler
Year: 2004

Chernobyl before

 

'I think we need
scaffold to get up
there.'

 

Chernobyl work

 

'...take it down in
the evening & put it
up again in the
morning.'

 

Chernobyl work

 

'...almost there.'

 Chernobyl Finish

Background We decided to contact CCP with the proposal for a solar water heating system for one of their projects in Belarus. We were involved from the early design stage right up to commissioning of the system.

It will act as a showcase for a renewable energy solution for large buildings in Belarus & beyond.

- 'Offering hope to live' -

We are privileged to have been involved in this project.

Project Manager & Architect: Duncan Stewart


Complete re-construction of old railway building
into state-of-the-art day-care centre
including accommodation & treatment rooms
Total floor area: ~1000 m2
Selectively-coated flat-plate collectors
Solar collector surface area: 16.8 m2
Solar collector tilt to horizontal: 300
75 kW wood gasification boiler
Heat store volume: 4 x 1000 l

Schema

How does it work?

Solar energy in conjunction with the latest in wood heating technology provides a costeffective solution to fight climate change and reduce dependency on imported, polluting & expensive fossil fuels. The solar collectors are providing most of the service hot water demand of the centre throughout the year with any excess feeding into the large buffer tanks as a heat store for the radiator system. The very efficient wood gasification boiler acts as the main heat source for space heating and provides back-up to the solar system for service hot water provision.


SOLARIS Ltd, E-Business Park, Macroom, Co. Cork. Phone: 026 21014 Fax: 026 20536 Email: info@solaris-energy.ie