International Journal of Environmental Science and Development

Abstract—This study presents a new method for controlling the flow rate of a fluid by enslavement of the circulator in the stand alone production systems of heat using solar energy (PV/Th). The electronic control developed using this method allows to adjust in real time the speed of the circulator for converge to the needed set by the user and/or maximize the energy exchange (following the sun) between the solar collectors and the use. It will be presented here the results obtained with stand alone solar collectors using air as a heat fluid.

Index Terms—control, heating, hybrid system, solar energy.

J. L. Canaletti is with the University of Corsica, Georges Peri Laboratory, Vignola, UMR CNRS 6134- Sanguinaires road - F20000 Ajaccio, France (e-mail: canaletti@univ-corse.fr).
C. Cristofari, is with the University of Corsica, Georges Peri Laboratory, Vignola, UMR CNRS 6134- Sanguinaires road - F20000 Ajaccio, France(e-mail: cristofari@univ-corse.fr).
G. Notton, is with the University of Corsica, Georges Peri Laboratory, Vignola, UMR CNRS 6134- Sanguinaires road - F20000 Ajaccio, France (e-mail: notton@univ-corse.fr).

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Cite: J-L. Canaletti, C. Cristofari and G. Notton, "New Control for Stand Alone Solar Collector," International Journal of Environmental Science and Development vol. 2, no. 4, pp. 321-328, 2011.