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ST0133 – A 02/09
SOLAR
2 Before you start
General
Thank you for your interest in Dimplex Solar products. We trust this manual will give
you all the answers to the questions that you might have regarding the products. Al-
though every care was taken to ensure the content of this manual is correct we do not
accept any liability for claims resulting directly or indirectly from the application of the
information contained in this manual.
This manual is written specifically for the Dimples Solar product range. Any information
contained therein must not be applied generally to any other solar products.
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3 Solar thermal
3.1 Introduction
The sun supplies every day a multiple of the required world wide daily energy demand
to the earth. The energy of the sun is available in various forms such as:
- direct, diffuse and reflected solar radiation
- wind
- waves
- the ground and in other forms.
Solar thermal systems convert the energy incident from the sun on an absorber surface
into sensible heat in form of hot water. Depending on the temperature required and
achieved, this hot water can be used for a whole range of applications as summarised in
Figure 1.
Figure 1 – Approximate temperature ranges of some solar thermal applications
3.2 Solar radiation
3.1.1 Available solar radiation
Solar thermal systems can only utilise the energy from the sun in form of solar radiation.
The solar radiation can be incident on the solar panels in various forms which are shown