Components of solar thermal systems

• Author(s): Mendes, J. Farinha ; Carvalho, M. J. ; Schossig, Peter
• Date: 2013
• Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.9/2160
• Origin: Repositório do LNEG
• Subject(s): Solar thermal systems; Solar collectors; Air-conditioning systems
• Document Type: Part of book or chapter of book
• Language: English

Description

The heat production sub-system is the part of the overall system which provides heat to a thermally driven air-conditioning system. With regards to the solar-driven equipment, the solar collector is the main component of the sub-system. A brief review on the present state-of-the-art with respect to performance characteristics and available certification schemes of solar collectors is given in the following chapter. Besides the solar collector field, the storage unit and the back-up heat source unit are also important components. An overview of these items and the identification of other relevant components of the solar thermal system are given in the following sections.