Development of solar testing station for flat-plate water-cooled solar collectors

摘要

Theoretical aspects of thermal processes in solar collector operation under steady state working conditions have been shortly elaborated as a background of Testing Methods given in ASHRAE Standard 93-86 and European Standard EN 12975-2. A short technical description of operational flow diagram including data acquisition system and its "interconnection" with Labview software for result evaluation is presented. Measured thermal efficiencies of some solar collectors produced in Bosnia and Herzegovina and abroad are shown, also.