.AixLib.Fluid.SolarCollectors.EN12975

Information

This component models a solar thermal collector according to the EN12975 test standard.

References

CEN 2022, European Standard 12975:2022, European Committee for Standardization

EnergyPlus 23.2.0 Engineering Reference

Revisions

• February 28, 2024, by Jelger Jansen:
  Refactor model.
  This is for Buildings, #3604.
• December 11, 2023, by Michael Wetter:
  Corrected implementation of pressure drop calculation for the situation where the collectors are in parallel, e.g., if sysConfig == AixLib.Fluid.SolarCollectors.Types.SystemConfiguration.Parallel.
  Changed assignment of computeFlowResistance to final based on dp_nominal.
  This is for Buildings, #3597.
• September 16, 2021, by Michael Wetter:
  Changed lat from being a parameter to an input from weather bus.
  This is for IBPSA, #1477.
• December 17, 2017, by Michael Wetter:
  Revised computation of heat loss.
  This is for issue 1100.
• November 21, 2017, by Michael Wetter:
  Corrected error in heat loss calculations that did not scale correctly with nPanels.
  This is for issue 1073.
• January 4, 2013, by Peter Grant:
  First implementation.