SOLE S.A. – Solar Collectors – Installation Manual
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The manufacturing of the solar collector follow strict quality criteria and is certified by
ISO 9001:2008.
The collector is certified by the authorized national bodies of different countries and
tested by several accredited laboratories (TUV, INETI, CSTB, Demokritos,). Our
collectors are Solar Keymark, CSTBat and SRCC. Certified.
The figure below shows the characteristics of instantaneous energy efficiency curve
of solar collector.
Figure 2. Efficiency curve of Selective Collector
2.2. Support Frame
There are two sets of support frames for a single collector (EST1) or for two
collectors (EST2).
Depending on the bank of solar collectors chosen, the appropriate number of support
frames will be provided for one or two collectors. Table 1 shows the sets of support
frames necessary for different banks of solar collectors.
Nº of collectors in bank
1
2
3
4
5
6
EST1
1
-
1
-
1
-
EST2
-
1
1
2
2
3
Connectors
-
2
4
6
8
10
Table 1. The support frames and the connections provided depend on the number of
collectors per bank