AT Expansion Tank

The expansion tank has a chamber in which air is locked inside a bladder or diaphragm. When pipes are filled with heat-transfer fluid and the operating pressure of the system is set, the fluid will occupy a given volume based on the temperature. As the fluid is heated, it expands. This is where the expansion tank is critical. Without it, something would blow! The expansion tank allows the fluid to safely expand by compressing the air in the chamber. The size of the expansion tank needed depends on the total volume of fluid, which is determined by the number and size of collectors, and the length and diameter of the pipes in the solar loop.