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Pressure drop and flow rates
Mass flow rate
To ensure the performance of the collector, a specific flow rate of 30 l/m²h is to be selected up to
a collector panel size of approx. 25m².
Pipe diameters
Dimensions table with a specific flow rate of 30 l/m²h
Collector Area : (m2)
∼
6
∼
8
∼
12
∼
24
Pipe Diameter / Copper : (mm)
10 - 12
15
18
22
Pipe Diameter / STS corrugated
DN 16
DN 20
Pressure loss
per collector for anti-freeze (FS) / water mixture (40% / 60%) at a thermal conducting
temperature of 50° C.
Δpv [mbar]
Instructions for connecting
the collector area to the heat transfer medium circuit, incl. the dimensions of the pipe
200
100
80
60
40
20
0
0 1 0 0 2 0 0 3 0 0 4 0 0 5 0 0 6 0 0 7 0 0 8 0 0 9 0 0 1 0 0 0
m[kg/h]
180
160
140
120