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ET 202
Principles of solar thermal energy

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Description Learning objectives/experiments

• lighting unit for operation in the The heat is released to the water by an • design and operation of a simple solar
laboratory integrated heat exchanger in the tank. thermal system
• hot water storage tank with elec- • determining the net power
trical auxiliary heater In experiments different angles of incid- • energy balance on the solar collector
• inclinable flat collector with re- ence and illuminances are considered. • influence of illuminance, angle of incid-
placeable absorbers The pre-installed absorber with selective ence and flow rate
• network capability: observe, ac- coating can be replaced for a more • determining efficiency curves
quire, analyse experiments via simple blackened absorber, so as to ob- • influence of various absorbing surfaces
customer‘s own network tain comparative measurements of col-
lector losses. External heat consumers
Solar thermal systems convert solar en- can be attached to the tank. With the
ergy into usable thermal energy. The effi- ET 202.01 parabolic trough collector, a
ciency achieved is of essential import- further collector type is available for in-
ance here. Effects on the absorption of vestigations.
the radiation and on the subsequent
heat transport processes are investig- The temperatures in the storage tank,
ated, e.g. to identify measures for the at the outlet and inlet of the collector
optimization of operating parameters and the ambient air are measured. Addi-
and efficiency. tionally the illuminance is measured. The
measured values are displayed on the
ET 202 allows to demonstrate solar device and can simultaneously be trans-
thermal heating of domestic water in an ferred to a PC via USB. Using the PC,
illustrative manner. For this purpose, the the data can be clearly displayed in the
trainer contains a fully functional model software provided and analysed further.
of a solar thermal system. To enable The network capable software makes it
weather-independent laboratory experi- possible to follow and analyse the experi-
ments, the system is equipped with its ments at any number of workstations via
own lighting unit. A lighting unit simu- a LAN/WLAN connection to the local
lates natural solar radiation. The light is network.
converted into heat in an absorber and
transferred to a heat transfer fluid. A
pump conveys the heat transfer fluid
through a hot water storage tank.

G.U.N.T. Gerätebau GmbH, Hanskampring 15-17, D-22885 Barsbüttel, Telefon (040) 67 08 54-0, Fax (040) 67 08 54-42, Email [email protected], Web www.gunt.de
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ET 202
Principles of solar thermal energy

Specification

[1] functional demonstration model of a solar thermal

system
[2] lighting unit with 16 halogen bulbs
[3] spacing and inclination adjustable collector
[4] 2 replaceable absorbers with different coating
[5] parabolic trough collector available as accessory
ET 202.01
[6] solar circuit with pump and variable flow
[7] hot water storage tank with tube coil as heat ex-
changer and electrical auxiliary heater
[8] sensors detect temperature and illuminance
[9] network capability: observe, acquire, analyse experi-
ments at any number of workstations with GUNT
software via the customer‘s own LAN/WLAN net-
1 lighting unit, 2 illuminance sensor, 3 flat collector with spacing and inclination adjustment, work
4 electrical auxiliary heater, 5 hot water storage tank, 6 replaceable absorber, 7 control [10] GUNT software for data acquisition via USB under
cabinet
Windows 10

Technical data

Flat collector
• absorber, selective coating
• absorber, blackened coating
• absorbing surface: 320x330mm
• inclination angle: 0…60°

Lighting unit
• lamp field: 16x 75W

Pump
• adjustable flow: 0…24L/h

Measuring ranges
Main components: 1 lighting unit, 2 flat collector, 3 temperature sensor ambient air, 4 hot • temperature: 4x 0…100°C
water storage tank, 5 electrical auxiliary heater, 6 pump; • flow rate: 0…30L/h
R illuminance, T temperature • illuminance: 0…3kW/m2

230V, 50Hz, 1 phase

230V, 60Hz, 1 phase
230V, 60Hz, 3 phases
UL/CSA optional
LxWxH: 1840x800x1500mm
Weight: approx. 167kg

Required for operation

PC with Windows recommended

Scope of delivery

1 trainer
1 measuring cup
2 absorbers
Efficiency and loss components as a function of temperature difference between collector
and environment: A optical losses, B losses through heat radiation, C losses through con- 1 GUNT software + USB cable
vection and heat conduction; 1 set of instructional material
blue line: measured characteristic curve of a typical collector (Viessmann Vitosol 300 T)
red line: calculated characteristic curve for losses by heat radiation
Ts: collector stagnation temperature against ambient temperature

G.U.N.T. Gerätebau GmbH, Hanskampring 15-17, D-22885 Barsbüttel, Telefon (040) 67 08 54-0, Fax (040) 67 08 54-42, Email [email protected], Web www.gunt.de
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ET 202
Principles of solar thermal energy
Optional accessories

ET 202.01 Parabolic trough collector

for Remote Learning
GU 100 Web Access Box
with
ET 202W Web Access Software

G.U.N.T. Gerätebau GmbH, Hanskampring 15-17, D-22885 Barsbüttel, Telefon (040) 67 08 54-0, Fax (040) 67 08 54-42, Email [email protected], Web www.gunt.de
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