Artic Solar, Inc products

The XCPC pairs a custom evacuated tube solar collector with an external non-imaging reflector in a non-tracking, roof or ground mountable system. This combination enables the XCPC East/West design to cost effectively achieve temperatures in excess of 200°C at more than 50% efficiency – which current market incumbents cannot attain without tracking. Efficiency is defined here as the percentage of solar energy hitting the collector aperture that is converted to useful heat energy. Flat plate and other evacuated tube collectors exhibit good efficiency characteristics at lower temperatures but heat losses mean that their efficiencies fall off rapidly at higher temperatures (~80°-100°C).