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EET Notes
EET Notes
EET Notes
Solar thermal works in principle like a dark garden hose lying in the sun.
The surface of the hose absorbs the sunlight and in particular the heat
radiation so that the water therein is heated.
1. The collectors absorb the sunlight via the absorber. Here, a special heat
carrier fluid is heated up.
2. A pump transports the fluid to the heat exchanger of the solar storage.
Solar collectors
The main feature of the flat-plate collector is the black absorber surface
which is oriented to the sun. The absorber surface coating has been
designed such that it is able to absorb the maximum of radiation and
reflects only a very low amount of energy. The energy absorbed is
transferred to the heat carrier fluid circulating in the tubes below the
absorber surface.
From the technical point of view, the flat-plate collectors differ from the
evacuated tube collectors especially regarding the absorber insulation. In
flat-plate collectors traditional insulation material such as Rockwool or
polyurethane foam is used.
Evacuated tube collectors – Highest solar yields from the tube
The functional principle of the evacuated tube collector is the same as for flat-
plate collectors. They as well absorb the solar radiation via absorbers and
then transfer it in form of thermal energy to a fluid.
spectrum analyzers offer users the opportunity to set a start, stop and
center frequency. The center frequency is halfway between the stop and
start frequencies and is also the axis for the frequency used to determine
the span -- the range between the start and stop frequencies. With an RF
spectrum analyzer, the analyzer measures the radio "noise floor" and
measures how close two signals can be while still being resolved into two
separate peaks.
Uses for spectrum analyzers
Swept or superheterodyne
Real-time
Audio