Three Solar Energy Works of Solartks Group Shortlisted for the Final Evaluation of the "Mayor's Cup" Industrial Design Competition

On October 11th, the list of works shortlisted for the final evaluation of the highly watched 2nd "Mayor's Cup" Industrial Design Competition of Dezhou City 2024 was officially released. Among numerous entries, Solartks Group, relying on its outstanding innovative design capabilities, successfully stood out with three of its works—Full-Automatic Flat-Plate Solar Air Heater, Photovoltaic Water Heater, and Integrated Flat-Plate Solar Water Heater—and smoothly entered the final evaluation list.

According to the public notice of shortlisted works issued by the Bureau of Industry and Information Technology of Dezhou City, a total of 194 valid entries were received in this competition. After multiple rounds of selection, only 70 works were finally shortlisted for the final evaluation. Solartks Group secured 3 seats at one go, making it one of the enterprises with the largest number of works shortlisted for the final evaluation in Dezhou City in this industrial design competition. It is worth mentioning that these three shortlisted solar energy products highly integrate the concept of low-carbon and clean energy, deeply explore user needs in terms of humanized functions, and elaborate on aesthetic design, demonstrating the perfect integration of technology, humanity, and art.

Full-Automatic Flat-Plate Solar Air Heater: The Perfect Integration of Technology and Comfort

The Full-Automatic Flat-Plate Solar Air Heater is a highly innovative product. It uses air as the heat transfer medium and pioneered the high integration of photothermal and photovoltaic modules into one, creating an advanced flat-plate solar heating equipment. Its operating principle is ingenious and efficient: it uses electricity generated by photovoltaic power to drive a DC fan, which continuously transmits heated air into buildings to achieve efficient heating.

During operation, the product can automatically adjust the air volume according to actual needs to ensure it always operates in the optimal state. This not only improves energy utilization efficiency but also greatly enhances the comfort of user experience. From the perspective of humanized design, it can easily meet the needs of heating families in cold winters or being applied in commercial places. Currently, this product is highly favored in the European and American markets, with its sales showing a rapid annual growth trend. It has become one of the popular choices for green heating locally, which fully proves the forward-looking and practicality of its design.

Integrated Flat-Plate Solar Water Heater: The Crystallization of Quality and Aesthetics

The Integrated Flat-Plate Solar Water Heater has achieved many breakthroughs in design. Adopting a pressure-bearing operation mode, this design ensures sufficient water outlet pressure and completely eliminates the safety hazard of tube explosion that is common in traditional solar water heaters, providing users with stable and safe hot water supply.

In terms of appearance design, the product has a smooth and stable overall shape with simple and elegant lines. Its carefully adjusted appearance color can harmoniously integrate with various architectural styles—whether it is a modern minimalist building or a classical and elegant villa courtyard, it can fit perfectly without any sense of abruptness. For multi-storey buildings, this product is the ideal choice for upgrading and replacing old hot water equipment. With its excellent performance and beautiful design, it has successfully entered the European and American markets, made a name for itself on the international stage, and won high praise and trust from many overseas users.

Photovoltaic Water Heater: An Innovative Upgrade of Traditional Electric Water Heaters

The Photovoltaic Water Heater, also known as the "Photoelectric Dual-Drive Water Heater", is a product that represents a new direction in the industry's development. Its biggest highlight is that it can use "zero-cost" photovoltaic electricity to heat domestic hot water. This means that when sunlight is sufficient, users can obtain hot water for free, greatly reducing energy costs.

On cloudy and rainy days or at night, when photovoltaic electricity is insufficient, the water heater can automatically and seamlessly switch to municipal electricity, ensuring a sufficient supply of hot water around the clock without affecting users' normal use at all. Compared with traditional electric water heaters, the Photovoltaic Water Heater not only achieves a qualitative leap in energy utilization efficiency but also is more environmentally friendly and energy-saving, significantly reducing reliance on traditional electricity. It brings users a more economical and green hot water experience. As the concept of environmental protection takes root in people's hearts, the Photovoltaic Water Heater is expected to become a mainstream product in the market and lead the transformation and development of the industry.

As a technology-based group enterprise focusing on the R&D and production of flat-plate solar systems, Solartks Group has strong strength. It has 7 subsidiaries and 6 major production bases, boasting powerful production capacity. Currently, its annual output of flat-plate clean thermal energy equipment reaches 3.7 gigawatts, ranking second in the world. In terms of technological R&D, the group has significant advantages—it is one of the few manufacturers in the industry that masters the core production technology of both blue-film and black-film heat-absorbing coatings. It not only can independently produce high-quality flat-plate solar collectors but also firmly occupies the upper reaches of the industry by virtue of its technological advantages.

In recent years, Solartks Group's flat-plate solar collectors have achieved excellent market performance, with an astonishing compound annual growth rate of 88% for 10 consecutive years, and its revenue scale has increased by 293 times in 10 years. Its business scope is wide: it not only provides OEM and ODM services for many domestic solar energy brand enterprises, effectively driving technological innovation and large-scale production in the domestic flat-plate solar industry but also exports its products to overseas markets and gains a firm foothold in the international market. In terms of production efficiency, the group also leads the industry, achieving an efficient production rhythm of rolling out one collector every 55 seconds.

In addition, Solartks Group has always attached great importance to investment in R&D and innovation. This year, the group plans to invest 7.83 million yuan in the update and upgrading of product R&D equipment. This measure will further improve the standardized production level of flat-plate collectors and lay a solid foundation for launching more high-quality products. Previously, the STC500 ultra-low heat loss high-efficiency collector developed by the group has outstanding performance, with an output power of 518W/m²—nearly three times the national standard. It can easily meet the strict heating and hot water needs in alpine regions. In February this year, the group's thermoelectric twin system began mass production. This product subtly embeds two systems (for electricity conduction and heat conduction) behind solar photovoltaic panels, enabling full utilization of solar energy to produce both electricity and hot water. Its output power can reach 1585W and 1937W respectively, with an efficiency three times that of photovoltaic panels that only produce electricity. It can provide comprehensive services for buildings, including electricity supply, heating, cooling, and hot water supply. The group's ATPC hot air collector and dual-energy flat-plate collector have both obtained the European CE certification. Relying on high quality, they have shined in the overseas household market and become a new profit growth point for the enterprise.

The shortlisting of these three works for the final evaluation of the "Mayor's Cup" Industrial Design Competition is of great significance to Solartks Group. It is not only a high recognition of the group's design and innovation capabilities but also provides an excellent opportunity for the group to further expand the market and enhance brand influence. In the future, Solartks Group will continue to uphold the concept of innovation, increase R&D efforts, and continuously deepen its exploration in the field of solar energy application. It is committed to launching more high-quality, high-performance products that meet user needs, contributing more to promoting the development of the green energy industry.