Planning and Installing Solar Thermal Systems

Chapter I: Solar Radiation and Arguments for its Use * Solar Radiation * The Finiteness of Energy Resources * Climate Change and its Consequences * Good Arguments for Solar Systems * Chapter 2: Components of Solar Thermal Systems * How Does a Solar Thermal System Work? * Collectors * Heat Stores * Solar Circuit * Controller * Chapter 3: Systems for Single-Family Houses * Systems for Charging/Discharging the Store * Systems for Heating Domestic Water * Systems for Heating Domestic Water and Space Heating * Planning and Dimensioning * Costs and Yields * Chapter 4: Installation, Commissioning, Maintenance and Servicing * A Brief Study of Roofing and Materials * Installation Methods and Safety * Installation * Starting Up, Maintenance and Servicing * Information Sources for Specific Countries * Chapter 5: Large-scale Systems * Systems * Control of the Systems * Heat Exchangers * Safety Technology * Economic Considerations * Solar Contracting * Solar District Heating * Chapter 6: Solar Concentrating Systems * Concentration of Solar Radiation * Concentrating Systems Providing Process Heat * Concentrating Solar Thermal Systems for Electricity Generation * Chapter 7: Solar Heating of Open-Air Swimming Pools * Introduction * Components * Systems * Planning and Dimensioning * Installation * Operation and Maintenance * Costs and Yields * Examples * Chapter 8: Solar Air Systems * Introduction * Components * Systems * Planning and Dimensioning * Installation * Costs and Yields * Examples * Chapter 9: Solar Cooling * Theoretical Bases * Integrated Planning of Solar Cooling/Air-conditioning Systems * System Technology * System Design * More Information * Chapter 10: Simulation Programs for Solar Thermal Systems * Introduction * Evaluation of Simulation Results * Simulation with Shading * Market Survey, Classification and Selection of Simulation Programs * Brief Description of Simulation Programs * Chapter 11: Marketing and Promotion * The Fundamentals of Solar Marketing * More

The guide was prepared in Germany by DGS, the German section of the International Solar Energy Society, with contributions from DLR, the German Aerospace Centre. Ecofys, an international consultancy specializing in sustainable energy and energy efficiency, was responsible for the translation and adaptation of this English edition.