Solar domestic hot water system
How it works
Solar domestic hot water system
How it works ETLV
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Example of installation
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STS Maintenance
LEGEND FOR INSTALLATION DIAGRAMS
1 Heating flow 2 Heating return 3 3-bar safety valve 4 Pressure gauge 5a Flow meter 7 Automatic air vent 8 Manual bleed valve 9 Isolation valve 10 Three-way mixer valve 11 Heating accelerator 13 Flush valve 15 Shunt pump 16 Expansion vessel 17 Drain valve 18 Heating circuit filling 20 Water meter 21 Outside sensor 22 Boiler sensor
23 Flow sensor after mixing valve 24 Exchanger primary inlet 25 Exchanger primary outlet 26 Booster pump
27 Non-return valve 28 Domestic cold water inlet
29 Pressure reducer (if supply pressure > 80% of the safety valve rating)
30 Domestic safety unit calibrated and sealed to 7 bar
32 DHW loop pump 33 DHW sensor 34 Primary pump 35 Low-loss header 37 Balancing valve
44 65°C safety thermostat with manual reset for underfloor heating
46 2-position three-way directional valve 50 Disconnector
51 Thermostatic valve 56 DHW circulation loop return 57 Domestic hot water outlet 61 Thermometer
64 "Radiator" circuit
65 Heating circuit with mixing valve (underfloor heating for example) 68 Condensates neutralisation system 75 Pump for DHW use
79 Solar exchanger primary outlet 80 Solar exchanger primary inlet
85 Primary solar circuit pump 86 Solar primary flow rate adjustment 87 Safety valve calibrated to 6 bar 88 Solar circuit expansion vessel 89 Container for solar fluid
90 Anti-thermosiphon loop (= 10 x tube Ø) 101 Ball valve with non-return valve 109 Thermostatic mixing valve 112a Solar collector sensor 112b Solar tank DHW sensor 112c 2nd exchanger sensor
112d Plate heat exchanger outflow sensor 112e Top DHW sensor
114 Primary solar circuit filling and draining device
115 Thermostatic distribution valve for each zone 124 Thermostat controlled distribution valve 126 Solar regulator
129 DUO-TUBES
130 Manual venting degasser (Airstop) 131 Collector field
132 Solar station
133 Interactive remote control 166 Buffer tank pump
Work to do
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