The System Should Cover the following Training Contents:
Investigation of design and operation of a simple solar thermal system
Acquiring the net power
Energy balance on the solar collector
Effect of illuminance, incidence angle and flow rate
Acquiring efficiency curves
Effect of various absorbing surfaces
Familiarization with focusing solar radiation with a parabolic trough mirror
Study of optical concentration factor
Investigation of conversion of radiant energy into heat
Investigation of losses in thermal solar collectors
Study of efficiency characteristics
Minimum Technical Specifications Required (like or better than):
Lighting unit of 16x 75W halogen bulbs
2x replaceable absorbers with different coating
Solar circuit with adjustable flow pump of range 0 to 24L/h

Hot water tank with tube coil as heat exchanger and electrical auxiliary heater
4x Sensors detect temperature of range 0 to 100°C and illuminance sensor of range 0 to 3KW/m²
Flow of measuring range 0 to 30L/h
Data acquisition software with connection of countless number of pcs for observation and evaluation of the experiments
USB interface
PC Core i7, DVD+/-RW, 8GB RAM, 1TB Hard Disk Drive, Optical Mouse, Multimedia Keyboard, Monitor (21") LED
Flat collector with spacing and inclination
absorbing surface: 320x330mm
inclination angle: 0 to 60°
Parabolic Trough Collector Unit
Thermal solar collector with parabolic trough mirror
─Trough Length: 400cm
─Aperture Width: 400cm
─Focal Length: 0.1m
Selectively absorbing absorber tube
Reduce heat losses via evacuated double-walled glass tube
Should include angular scale for the pivoting collector