Rheem Australia Pty Limited

Grant Andrew Stepa

Peter Robert Kerr

A solar photovoltaic (PV) water heating system includes a tank including at least a first heating unit having at least first and second heating elements, at least one of which is switchable; a PV solar collector; an inverter adapted to convert the output from the PV collector to an alternating power supply; a modulator to modulate the alternating power supply from the inverter; a controller adapted to control the modulator and the switching of the or each switchable heating element; wherein the controller is adapted to control the modulator and the switchable heating elements to maximize the energy drawn from the PV collector.

System, apparatus and method for efficient use of solar photovoltaic energy

A solar photovoltaic (PV) water heating system includes a tank () including at least a first heating unit () having at least first and second heating elements (), at least one of which is switchable (A . . .); a PV solar collector (); an inverter () adapted to convert the output from the PV collector to an alternating power supply; a modulator () to modulate the alternating power supply from the inverter; a controller () adapted to control the modulator and the switching of the or each switchable heating element; wherein the controller is adapted to control the modulator and the switchable heating elements to maximize the energy drawn from the PC collector.

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