IS 12933 : Part 5 : 2003 Solar Flat Plate Collector - Specification - Part 5 : Test Methods

1 Scope

1.1 This standard (Part 5) specifies the test methods for solarflat plate collector for water heating.

1.2 This standard does not apply to the following:

a) Collector in whom heat transfer fluid may change phase, thatis, the collectors designed for normal fluid temperature above100°C with water as the heat transfer fluid;

b) Concentrating collectors, used in a system designed togenerate mechanical energy/electricity;

c) Collectors in which the thermal storage unit is an integralpart of the collector so that the collection and the storageprocesses cannot be separated;

d) Unglazed flat plate collector;

e) Installation or mounting of solar collectors; and

f) Tracking mechanism of the sun following collector system.

2 References

IS 12933 : Part 2 : 2003 Solar flat plate collector -Specification: Part 2 Components

IS 12934 : 1990 Solar energy - thermal applications - Vocabulary