Solar panels
DANETV offers verification of solar panels - especially air solar panel systems. The Danish Technological Institute verifies technology and products within this area. The performance and efficiency under a variety operational conditions can be tested.
Contact:
Bjarke Paaske
+ 45 7220 2037
bjarke.paaske@teknologisk.dk
Verifications performed
Dehumidification using solar
air collectors
DANETV has verified the dehumidification ability of
solar air collectors in summer cottages, damp basements or
other types of buildings.
Solar air collectors resemble
conventional liquid solar collectors. But instead of heating
water, outdoor air is extracted through the collector box where it
is heated and vented into the building. The fan that creates the
airflow is powered by a photovoltaic cell and the collector
is therefore able to produce warm air by merely utilizing the sun
rays.
As the fan is driven by the photovoltaic cell, the airflow through the
collector is automatically regulated, according to the amount of
heat produced in the collector. In cloudy periods with low solar
radiation, the fan speed is automatically reduced and the air is
extracted through the solar collector at a lower rate allowing
sufficient heating of the air.
Solar air collectors can be used for dehumidification using the
sun as the only energy source and thereby the indoor climate can be
improved in an environmentally friendly and cost-effective manner.
The effect of using solar air collectors for
dehumidification has been verified for the three Danish providers
Ans Solvarme, Dansolar and SolarVenti under realistic conditions
through DANETV.