Solar Thermal API
Solar-thermal (solar hot water) maths as an API, computed locally and deterministically — the collector, sizing and storage numbers a solar installer or homeowner designs a hot-water system with. The output endpoint gives the useful daily heat a collector makes: area × the daily solar energy on it × the collector efficiency (flat-plate ~40–60 %, evacuated tubes higher), so a 40 ft² collector under 1,800 BTU/ft²/day at 50 % delivers about 36,000 BTU (10.5 kWh) — a family's hot water on a good day. The area endpoint sizes the collector for a demand: area = (daily gallons × 8.34 × the temperature rise) ÷ (irradiance × efficiency), so 60 gallons raised 70 °F needs about 39 ft² — sized for an average day with a backup heater, since a 60–80 % solar fraction is the economic sweet spot. The tank endpoint sizes solar storage at about 1.5 gallons per square foot of collector, big enough to bank a sunny afternoon without stalling the collector. Everything is computed locally and deterministically, so it is instant and private. Ideal for solar-installer and renewable-energy apps, hot-water-system design tools, home-energy calculators, and sustainability sites. Pure local computation — no key, no third-party service, instant. Live, nothing stored. 3 compute endpoints. For the local solar resource use a solar-irradiance API; for pool heating use a pool API.
api.oanor.com/solarthermal-api
