Tube collectors have an empty glass tube as absorber and are therefore also called vacuum tube collectors. The vacuum reduces the heat losses, so that this type of collector achieves a higher degree of efficiency.
Product Features
- Demonstrates principal aspects of solar thermal domestic water heating with real-world components.
- Commercially available evacuated tube collector absorbs radiant energy and converts it into heat.
- Heatpipes inside the absorbers transfer heat to a heat transfer fluid in the solar circuit.
- Heat exchanger feeds heat into the hot water circuit and storage tank.
- Solar controller manages pumps for hot water and solar circuits.
- Solar circuit is protected by an expansion tank and a safety valve.
- Temperature measurements at storage tank, collector inlet and outlet, and flow in the solar circuit.
- Integrated data logger records measured values.
- Temperatures of inlet and return displayed on solar circulation station.
- Solar controller operated via integrated router with user interface accessible via web browser on multiple devices.
- Multiple user levels with different functions available.
- Recorded data accessible via WLAN or LAN connection to customer's network.
- Producer software for solar controller supplied.
- Optionally operated with solar radiation or an artificial light source for sufficient illuminance.
Benefits
- Provides hands-on training in solar thermal domestic water heating using tube collector technology.
- Allows for comprehensive data logging and remote monitoring.
- Designed for practical experiments including full preheating cycles.
Why Choose This Trainer?
This trainer is ideal for demonstrating efficient solar thermal domestic water heating with vacuum tube collector technology and advanced control and monitoring features.
