The steady rise in energy prices and growing environmental awareness have lead to increased demands on the economy and efficiency of heating and cooling systems. One fo the most environmentally friendly and economical systems is the utilisation of ground-source energy using heat pumps. With RAUGEO Collect, REHAU offers an reliable and efficient method of extracting ground-source energy.
Horizontal collectors are suitable when there is a large external area available for a ground-source pipework. They are cheaper to install than probes but produce lower outputs, therefore more pipe is required. The pipes are buried at 1.5m deep and by using PE-Xa, the pipes can be backfilled with the excavated material (unlike PE 100 pipes which require a sand bed to protect them).
PE-Xa pipe can be connected with the Everloc compression sleeve, the highly reliable connection system used on all REHAU PE-Xa pipes. The RAUGEO range covers all the accessories required for a horizontal collector installation (manifolds, antifreeze, connection systems ). PE 100 Collect pipe is also available.