This Standard establishes test procedures for characterizing the performance of Domestic Solar water heating systems operated without auxiliary boosting.
This Standard is applicable only to the domestic water heating systems of 0.6 m3 of solar storage capacity or less.
This Standard is not applicable to the test of solar water heating systems which have an auxiliary heater.
Foreword II
1 Scope
2 Normative References
3 Definitions
4 Symbols
5 System Classifications
6 Requirements
6.1 System requirements
6.2 Measurement requirements
7 Test Procedure
7.1 Principle
7.2 Range of test conditions
7.3 Preconditioning of the test system
7.4 Surrounding air speed
7.5 Measurements during test period
7.6 Determination of daily system performance
7.7 Determination of storage tank heat losses
8 Analysis and Presentation of Results
8.1 Introduction
8.2 Input-output diagram