<div style="font: normal 13px Arial; color:rgb(0, 0, 0);"><div>I saw that back in December 2009 Andre Keul asked about modelling evacuated tube solar collectors by putting suitable values into a flate plate collector plant component.</div><div> </div><div>I can't find a reply to the question.</div><div> </div><div>Is there a workaround that enables a reasonable simulation of a evacuated tube solar collector?</div><div> </div><div>A water filled building space with double glazing with a vacuum between the panes?<br><br>"- Building-side features can now be used to explicitly model systems.
This is<br> achieved by allowing zones to be filled with fluids other
than air (this affects<br> solar absorption) and connected to flow
networks established to represent any<br> fluid type. This enables, for
example, the explicit modelling of water solar<br> collectors and
water-cooled windows."<br>[esp-r Digest, Vol 59, Issue 22]<br><br><br>Christopher Heard</div></div>