An Introduction to Solar Water Heating Systems

Course Description:

This course presents the information require to design a solar energy water heating system, after planning and system selection have been completed.

Learning Objectives:

Upon successful completion of this course, participants will be able to:

• Learn about solar absorber construction and components
• Learn how to design collector manifolds
• Learn the benefits of, and how to design, a reverse-return system
• Learn the benefits and drawbacks of internally and externally manifolded collector systems
• Learn the fundamentals of solar collector selection and specification
• Learn about flow balancing for collector arrays
• Learn the importance of, and how to do, pressure drop calculations
• Learn how to design and specify the collector, transport, storage and control sub-systems