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MODULE II
Solar energy technology Page 7
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4. Order planning: The
most important actions service technicians should be able to take in this regard
Like it has already been mentioned the overall goal of the continuing training
measures of this project consists in providing the service technicians with
all the knowledge they need in order to be able to completely handle an entire
order process on their own. A good way to train all the many different steps
that are part of such an order execution process is to split the class into
small groups and give each group an assignment in the form of a fictitious customer
order, e.g. the planning and realisation of a solar energy installation for
a family with four members.
First of all, the service technicians now have to collect in their companies,
i.e. under real conditions, as many data as possible for the execution of this
fictitious order. In this way, they also learn to judge if at all and in which
time such an order can be realised. Special emphasis should be put on the fact
that the students work with original manufacturer information and product documentation.
Below one finds a list with actions the service technicians should be able to
take in order to prepare the realisation of a customer project or order:
- Order manufacturer documentation
for solar collectors
- Order solar control
units or regulators from different manufacturers
- Write and send requests
for information to different storage manufacturers
- Get different hydraulic
circuit diagrams from the manufacturers
- Request advice from
different solar energy advisory organisations
- Request the special
edition magazine "solar energy technology" of the German "Goods Testing Foundation"
(Stiftung Warentest)
- Explore the possibilities
of public financial support programmes for the use of new energy technologies
- Collect product documentation
about achievable emission reductions and compare them with the results of
the own calculations and PC simulations
- Compare different types
of collector designs
- Request information
materials from the German Weather Service about sunshine duration and global
radiation
- Design a planning data
sheet for the collection of project specific data for a family with four members
- Put together device
components according to manufacturer manuals and guidelines
- Assemble model devices
using the prepared components
- Get technical advice
directly from the collector manufacturers
- Determine the fuel,
oil or gas quantities that can be saved by using solar energy technology
- Install and be able
to handle measuring units and instruments
- Determine temperatures
and throughput rates in order to compare the efficiency of the collector with
manufacturer data and specifications
- Keep measuring protocols
- Request product documentation
from pump manufacturers for the planning of the characteristics of pumps and
pipes
- Compare the measuring
results of the different collectors
- Get assembly guidelines
from the different collector manufacturers including installation requirements
for in-roof and on-roof assembly
- Get information about
the lightning protection of solar energy installations from an electrician
- Make a check list for
the installation of solar energy systems and devices