A Study on the Micro Heat Pipe Array Based Flat Plate Solar Heating System

The application system of solar energy comprises: solar water heating system, solar heating system and solar photovoltaic system, etc. The data monitoring system used in the solar water heating system consists of measuring and monitoring equipment, data acquisition appliances and data-center softwares. The measuring and monitoring equipment includes outdoor temperature sensor, total solar irradiance sensor, water inlet and outlet temperature sensor of heat collecting system, circulating flow sensor of heat collecting system and the electric meter for supplementary heat source, etc.. The data monitoring system used in the solar photovoltaic system consists of measuring and monitoring equipment, data acquisition appliances and data-center softwares. The measuring and monitoring system is composed of outdoor temperature sensor, total solar irradiance sensor, the sensor for the surface temperature of back panel of solar photovoltaic modules and electric meter for the monitoring of power generation of solar photovoltaic system, etc.