Open AccessReview of In Situ Test Methods for Solar Collectors and Solar Collector Arrays
Author(s) -
Sven Fahr,
Daniel Tschopp,
Jørgen Tormod Nielsen,
Korbinian Krämer,
Philip Ohnewein
Publication year - 2020
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.18777/ieashc-task55-2020-0014
Subject(s) - in situ , complement (music) , test (biology) , certification , engineering , computer science , meteorology , geology , physics , chemistry , paleontology , biochemistry , complementation , political science , law , gene , phenotype
This fact sheet presents three in situ test methods for solar collectors and solar collector arrays, namely In situ Collector Certification (ICC), Performance Check for Collector Arrays (PC) and Dynamic Collector Array Test (D-CAT). A comparison is made regarding their scopes and use cases, methodologies and outcomes, which could serve as a decision-making aid for stakeholders in selecting the procedure that best suits their needs. The analysis shows that the methods do not contradict, but rather complement each other.