Solar Layout is the App for collectors and solar modules on site positioning.
This is the most intuitive Solar App of the market.
To use it on field is not necessary to have an Internet connection because it works from place latitude, obtained by GPS.
Today we will see solar thermal energy part.
To begin press left command shown in initial screen with the house, the solar collector and the user taking a hot shower.
If our Smartphone GPS is not enabled, the App will ask us to activate it to locate our position.
Intermittent earth planet image immediately appear with the legend “Localizing”.
When our device GPS have located our position, the following screen appears to confirm it.
By confirming our location the Solar Equipment Use Menu displays.
There are 3 applications in the Menu:
1 Hot water: represented by a shower image
2- Heating represented by a radiator image
3- Outdoor pool conditioning: represented by a pool ladder image
By selecting one of the 3 applications, Options Menu will display.
There are 3 variables in the Menu:
1- Inclination: represented by collector and angle image
2- Orientation: represented by collector and cardinal points image
3- Distance: represented by 3 collectors rows image
By pressing the Inclination option, we get recommended inclination value for location and solar application selected, accompanied by some Tips considering collector type used.
Pressing Orientation option, we obtain procedure to fix collectors orientation description and access to recommended compass App discharge, if we don´t have it.
Pressing Separation option, the Kind of Surface Menu is displayed for us to select the appropriate option (Horizontal / Non horizontal). If the surface on which the collectors will be placed is horizontal, we only must enter Collector Height in cm data.
If the surface on which the collectors will be placed is non horizontal, in addition to Collector Height in cm data, we must enter Surface Inclination Angle data. We will enter a positive value if it matches the collector inclination direction and a negative value if it is different.
In this way we obtain the Separation (distance) between collector’s rows in meters.
Pressing i button Tips related to shadows and singular locations (snow, desert and rain areas) are deployed.
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