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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=DE link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Hi Trnsys-Users,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>I would be pleased to get some detailed information and help for the type 1b. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>I wanna simulate a solar-supplied heating system. In addition to it I use the type 1b for a solar array. The hole solar array has to be 30 mē tall, compound by 12 panels.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Out of these 12 pieces are 6 of it in a row. The rows are parallel in the hydraulic system.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>I fixed the system in Trnsys as followed with one type 1b:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Number in series: 6<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Collector area: 4.84 mē<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>The type doesn’t provide the expected values.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>So I tested some small projects. I found out, that the number in series doesn’t have any impact to the useful gains. It doesn’t matter, if I put the value to 1 or to 100.There is no different.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>What’s wrong?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>On the other side I used 12 panels and connected them to an array. It worked well and the output seems to be ok.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Next I only used 1 panel with 30 mē. The useful gains compared with gains out of 12 panels are 10-times more.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Which solution is the right one?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>I use Trnsys 16 and I can’t update it, because I got it just to do my exam.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Many thanks in advanced for your help.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Patrick<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>