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<p>Antoine,</p>
<p> This is a common source of confusion. Two points are important
to keep in mind. First, the collector array area parameter is the
area of the entire array, not just the area of one module in the
array. Second, if you add a second collector you have to be
careful about what you do with the flow rate. If you are adding a
second collector in parallel to the first one you should double
the collector array area, leave the "number in series" parameter
set to 1, and double the liquid flow rate to the array. If you are
adding a second collector in series with the first one, you should
double the collector array area, set the number in series to 2,
and leave the liquid flow rate unchanged.</p>
<p>kind regards,</p>
<p> David</p>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 10/20/2016 11:46, Antoine Gautier
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"
lang="EN-US">I cannot figure out why the number of
collectors in series has no effect on the collectors array
efficiency: see attached project.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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lang="EN-US">Computing equations from source code manually I
would state the opposite…<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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