HL 313 Domestic Water Heating With Flat Collector Didactic Equipment Vocational Education Equipment Thermal Lab Equipment
Demonstration of the conversion of the sun's radiation energy into heat and the storing of that heat, operating the solar controller via web browser Features - flat collector converts solar energy into heat - system with heat exchanger and two separate circuits - solar controller with data logger and integrated router for operation via web browser using an end device and for tracking experiments on numerous end devices: PC, tablet, smartphone Learning objectives/experiments - familiarisation with the functions of the flat collector and the solar circuit - determining the net power - relationship between flow and net power - determining the collector efficiency - relationship between temperature difference (collector/environment) and collector efficiency Specification [1] investigating the function and operating behaviour of a flat collector [2] solar thermal flat collector with selectively absorbing coating [3] adjustable collector inclination angle [4] solar circuit with collector, pump, expansion vessel and safety valve [5] hot water circuit with buffer tank, pump and plate heat exchanger [6] 4 bimetallic thermometers [7] solar controller with temperature, flow rate and illuminance sensors [8] data logger with SD memory card [9] integrated router for operation and control via web browser using an end device and for tracking experiments on any number of end devices [10] experiment evaluation on Windows-based end devices possible, with additional producer software of the solar controller [11] operation with solar radiation or HL 313.01 Artificial light source