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MODULE II
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7. Storage technology
As already indicated, the storage technology represents an important component
of the solar energy technology as a whole. For this reason the most common storage
systems currently on the market shall be discussed here in more detail.
First, it can be recommended again in order to achieve better learning results
to split the training course up in small groups and give each group a particular
assignment.
Below one finds a list with tasks service technicians should be able to fulfil
in order to prepare the successful realisation of a customer project or order:
- Request information
about solar storage systems from the corresponding manufacturers
- Order solar regulators
or control units including installation instructions
- Assemble model systems
and devices according to manufacturer guidelines
- Determine the right
location of sensing elements and be able to install them
- Assemble hydraulic circuits
- Select the pumps for
a system
- Install circulation
pipes for solar devices correctly and be able to make measurements
- Measure the heat losses
occurring in storage tanks and pipes
- Carry out different
experimental measurements at different real installations
- Understand the difference
between "high-flow" and "low-flow"
- Design forms for measuring
protocols and be able to fill them out
- Compare measuring results
and be able to evaluate them
- Order information about
lightning protection devices according to "VDE"
- Be able to handle PC
programmes for the optimisation of systems and be able to compare the results
of PC simulations
- Evaluate and compare
emission reduction analysis that had been done using PC simulation programmes
- Request product prices
in order to make a cost-benefit analysis of the different storage systems
and device sizes available
- Find out which local,
state, or federal financial support programmes for the use of solar energy
technology exist
- Request and gather information
about product comparisons or tests of systems and devices from different manufacturers
(possible sources: energy advisory centres, student library or the Internet,
e.g. http://www.solarserver.de)
- Be able to develop marketing
and dissemination strategies for solar energy installations and devices
- Write advertising letters
and send them to the customers
- Participate in solar
energy technology fairs and exhibitions
- Document newly acquired
technical knowledge so that a technical knowledge transfer in regard to solar
energy technology can occur within the company