Solfex IRC 2.1 System Installation, Commissioning And Maintenance Manual page 4

IRC 2.1: Roof Integrated Solar Collector
Technical Specifications
Gross collector area
Absorber area
Height
Width
Depth
Empty weight
Fluid content
Connections
Collector glazing
Absorber
Housing
Insulation
Max operating pressure
Stagnation temperature
Flow rate recommendation
Minimum inclination
Maximum collectors in series
Absorption
Emission
Minimum output
Features of IRC 2.1 roof integrated solar collector
Simple installation to both new build & existing housing/perfect integration
Easily portable & modular in design
A choice of flashing kits available dependant upon roof tile / slate type
Portrait or landscape collectors available
Excellent price/performance ratio
Solar Keymark approved product/10 year solar collector warranty / 25 year
life expectancy
Optional flashing kit, roof tile/ slate
Technical changes may be made without notice
page 4 - Installing the collectors
2.1m²
1.83m²
2110mm
1032mm
107mm
44kg
1.2 litres
15mm/½ inch
4mm, Solar safety float glass
Laser welded aluminium absorber, highly selective
Vacuum coating / Copper harp
Wooden frame with aluminium section
Full speed ahead to Europe for the Solar KEYMARK!
50mm mineral wool
6 Bar (pressure tested to 9 bar)
209°C
Minimum 1 litre per min / m
20°
Exploiting the free energy from
the sun is currently very popular
with people building their own
8. (collectors can also be
homes. In particular, the high
costs of other energy sources, and
the attractive financial subsidies
available, have brought about a
mounted on top of each
regular boom in the solar power
sector. Yet it is not always easy,
given the variety of products from
different manufacturers and supp-
other to form larger arrays)
liers, to choose among the solar
collectors and factory made solar
systems the one that is both sui-
table and of high quality.
Help in making the right choice of
95% product has been provided for
the last two years or so by the
Solar KEYMARK, the European
quality mark. More than 70 types
5%
of solar collector and factory
made solar systems now bear the
Solar KEYMARK. Over 35 compa-
nies in nine countries use this
525 kwh/m a
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DINplus for barbecue charcoal
The publication of a new DINplus
certification scheme for barbecue
charcoal and barbecue charcoal
briquettes has added a new pro-
duct range to the list of our certi-
fications schemes for the award of
the DINplus quality mark.
Barbecue charcoal and firelighters
for barbecuing have already been
successfully certified by DIN CERTCO
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solar energy innovation
laser welded absorber
active support from DIN CERTCO, countries as the precondition for
its recognized testing partners, the granting of financial subsidies.
other European certification The manufacturer thus saves con-
bodies and the European Solar siderably on costs for testing and
Thermal Industry Federation certification because these are
(ESTIF) has succeeded in establi- everywhere based on the same
shing the Solar KEYMARK as the test procedures and standards.
single European certification sche- That, after all, was and is the aim
me so that the mark now enjoys a of the KEYMARK: tested and certi-
high reputation and its award fied once – recognized everywhere
counts in almost all European in Europe!
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The KEYMARK is the European quality mark for products and services. It
documents the conformity – tested and inspected (at least every two
years) – of the product or service with the requirements specified in Austrian
EN Standards and certification schemes, including the annual audit of
mark to document that they sub-
the quality assurance system.
ject their products voluntarily to
manufactured
impartial, independent and quali-
The mark can currently be awarded by DIN CERTCO for the following
fied testing certification and ins-
products:
pection on the basis of the Euro-
Eye protection devices
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pean Standards DIN EN 12975 and
� Insulation materials for buildings
DIN EN 12976. This comprises not
� Floor heating
only the obligatory performance
Radiators
test of the collectors. Their fitness �
for purpose and durability are also Heat cost allocators
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the subject of stringent testing.
� Plastic piping
After all, the solar system is to
� Gully/manhole tops
"last a lifetime", capturing the
� Solar collectors and
heat of the sun. Regular third-
thermal solar systems
party inspection of products and
Vitrified clay pipes
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of the manufacturers' factory pro-
duction control further ensures
constant product quality. That
creates confidence among users
and consumers – wherever they "Solid houses – solid quality"
are in Europe!
Yet the Solar KEYMARK offers a
Systems-built houses in solid con- and the way they are processed
real added value from the manu-
struction quality, planned and are documented. The certification
facturer's viewpoint, as well. The
built according to DIN – that is scheme "Systems-built houses in
the quality approach of Viebrock- solid construction quality" governs
haus AG in Harsefeld and its fran- German Testing the award of the certification
chisees. mark DIN-Geprüft. A systems-built
The new certification scheme house in solid construction quali-
Institute
for more than ten years. As in "Systems-built houses in solid ty only receives the certification
other comparable cases, a number construction quality" was develo- mark DIN-Geprüft if all materials
of requirements specified in the ped by DIN CERTCO in 2004. Con- and building products, as listed in
national standard became less struction is characterised by a the certification scheme, conform
stringent on publication of the large number of DIN Standards to the respective DIN Standards,
relevant European Standard (DIN which regulate the manufacture of and if this conformity can be duly
EN 1860-2). At the suggestion of building products and their use, verified in a proper process of cer-
individual manufacturers and of and thus ensure that buildings in tification.
the responsible trade association, Germany attain a high level of
DIN CERTCO decided to offer DINp- quality. As proof of conformity Continuing compliance with the
lus certification to suppliers with DIN Standards a certification requirements is ensured by an
whose barbecue charcoal continu- mark is already awarded for indivi- annual inspection audit. Viebrock-
ed to meet the requirements of dual building products. haus AG, as the first holder of
the superseded German standard. Systems-built houses are con- such a certificate, has meanwhile
The DINplus mark, beside the DIN- structed to the same plans and successfully passed its first ins-
Geprüft mark, now also enjoys with the same materials (with pection audit and is thus entitled
growing popularity in the barbe- industrial variations in appoint- to continue using the coveted
cue charcoal branch. ments/fittings). All materials used DIN-Geprüft mark.
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