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5 Communication

Your group is a team of designers and engineers who specialize in appropriate
technology for rural villages in developing countries. Your team has designed this
system for low-cost solar water heating. Discuss the system with your group and
make notes in the table. Then, with your group, give a brief explanation of how
the system works.	sola r water heater pa nel

Name of system: Solar water heating system

Purpose of system:

Main components:											I What the main components do:
1											I
		___________ 1												_
											I
											1
		----------- 1 -----------
		-----									1			-----
											1
		----- ------ 1 --------- --
2											I
		-----									1			-----
											1
		---------- 1 ----------
		--									1
3		----- 1+=
		--									1
											1
		-----									1
		----------- )I
4		------ 1I
											I
											I
											1
											1
											1
											1
											1
											1
											I
5		----- 1
											I
											I
											1
											I
-6------===---=----------~::====-=-----_
												I-		_
											1 -----
											I
		----- 1
		--------- - 1 ----------
How the system works:														_

/

I	connect.ing water		.
+	~ pipes	shower
~			head

t	~	t
					hot and
					cold
		~
		o			valve
t	~	t	t

I

t t

	\	-cold
		t	water
	water
	tank		inlet