Seminar: TAS5 Solar thermal for hot water and space heating
(08.–12.11.2010)
Application
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Location
Berlin, RENAC Training Center, Schönhauser Allee 10-11, 10119 Berlin, Deutschland
Date
08.–12.11.2010 09:00–18:00
Language
English
Category
Solar energy
Type of seminar
Technology-specific advanced seminar
Target Groups
Staff from government bodies and public authorities responsible for legislation on renewable energy and energy efficiency
Course Objectives
- Solar thermal is a proven technology that allows quick access to a low-cost renewable energy technology. The course follows a technological approach in order to enable you to assess applicability and identify means for market deployment in your country
- In this seminar you will gain an in-depth insight into all stages of solar thermal projects from design and installation to commissioning, operation and maintenance.
- You will learn about different system configurations and will carry out actual system design and simulation. This includes energy and feasibility assessment, site analysis and an evaluation of prospective energy yields using suitable simulation software. Also covered are detailed component selection, practical construction issues, adherence to standards and guidelines. The seminar focuses on smaller systems but will also have a strong focus on larger applications (e.g. hotels, laundries or hospitals).
- You will deepen your theoretical knowledge through a number of tasks with solar thermal components and system rigs.You will visit existing installations to further highlight installation issues and typical problems and pitfalls of real systems.
- The course will further on show you how to economically analyze solar thermal projects. This includes an analysis of several worldwide approaches for the financial support of solar thermal systems as well as a comparison with conventional fossil heat energy sources. We want to activate all course participants to share their experiences and to discuss good practice solutions for market support measures.
Benefits
- Get the theoretical and practical know-how on planning and installing solar thermal systems.
- Deepen your knowledge with a high proportion of hands-on training.
Be able to assess opportunities for solar thermal hot-water provision and heating. - Learn about state-of-the-art technology and the latest market trends.
See the bigger picture including technology, installation and the economics! - Benefit from real-life case studies.
Course Agenda
- Solar thermal technologies
- System components
- System designs
- Storage concepts: stratification, store charging / discharging
- Solar simulation with standard software
- Case studies and sample calculations
- Practical exercises and site visits
- Solar cooling
- Cost calculations, financing schemes, economic assessment
- Legal and regulatory aspects
- Practical exercises at RENAC’s Training Center with real components and training rigs
- Open discussion, case studies and field trips
Exercises
- Inspection of real-life components and system set-ups at our training rig
- System commissioning with system filling, controller exercises, system inspection, testing, fault finding and trouble shooting
- Mounting solar thermal collectors on a mock roof
- System simulation with software T*Sol
- Calculation of solar thermal heat generation cost
- Inspection of a working solar thermal system during the guided field trip
In addition, we will include a variety of moderated interactive training elements in which you will have the opportunity to apply the learned and to exchange with your fellow course participants.
Software and Hardware
The following equipment is available for practical experiments:
- Several training rigs with real-life solar thermal components for a large variety of practical exercises
- Several solar thermal components available for closer inspection
- Original tools for typical installation and commissioning tasks
- Mock roof for collector installation
- Simulation software T*Sol on our training laptop
Course materials
Participants of this course will receive all presentations as a print out as well as information on further reading.
Lecturers
- Martin Schnauss, Renewables Academy AG; Katie Brown, Renewables Academy AG and others
Contact and further information
For information about course content and application procedure, please, use our TREE contact form.
Important notes!
Travel and accommodation costs are not included in the scholarship and must be funded individually. RENAC provides information on hotels in Berlin.
For your TREE application we kindly ask you to prepare:
- Your CV for upload (.pdf or .doc)
- A letter of motivation for participating in the TREE course (900 characters)
- A short description how you will integrate and apply the knowledge gained in the course into your profession & daily work (900 characters)
- An answer to our question: What do you expect from the TREE course?
Application
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