The diagrams show a simple solar-heating panel and how it is used to warm either air or water.
Overall, the panel has a relatively simple design, consisting of a hollow rectangular box with a transparent glass cover, an inlet and an outlet. Air is heated directly inside the box, whereas water is warmed as it travels through a coiled tube fitted inside it.
Structurally, the panel is composed of a rectangular box, with an inlet on one side and an outlet on the other. When water is being heated, a long tube is arranged in a series of loops inside the box; this tube is not needed for air heating.
In operation, sunlight passes through the glass and heats the air inside. Incoming air is then exposed to this heat before leaving through the outlet. By contrast, water flows through the coiled tube, gradually becoming warmer as it moves through the panel, and finally emerges from the outlet.
