Projects

Event

Date

Content

Entity

20. OTTI Symposium Thermische Solarenergie - Kloster Banz, Bad Staffelstein (Germany)

1 October 2009

Presentation of the project
(1) (2)

ISE, IZES

ISES Solar World Congress -Johannesburg (South Africa)

11-14 October 2009

Elaboration of performance test methods (Improving the compatibility between Steady state and Quasi Dynamic one testing for new collector designs)

SP

Presentation at CEN TC 312 WG2/WG3 meeting - Vincennes (France)

9 november 2009

Discussion on ongoing revision of EN 12976

LNEG

8. Solar Keymark Network meeting - Rapperswil (Switzerland)

15-16 March 2010

Extension of deadline for EN 12976-1 and -2 revision

SKN

CEN/TC 312 WG 2 „Vorgefertigte Anlagen“ - Germany

27 April 2010

Presentation on Factory Made Systems

IZES

Eurosun conference - Graz (Austria)

28 September/
1 October 2010

Description of Qaist work on collector standards and certification
(1) (2) (3)

SP, ESTIF, ITW, CENER, ISE

ESTIF Standard & Certification Working Group meeting - Graz (Austria)

6 October 2010

Update on the status of WPs; Tasks on the running period

ESTIF

9. Solar Keymark Network meeting - Graz (Austria)

7-8 October 2010

Update on the status of WPs; Tasks on the running period

SKN

2nd International Conference - Solar Energy in Romania - Bucharest (Romania)

25 November 2010

Solar Thermal Markets
in Europe (1) (2); European Certification and Labelling; Solar Assisted District Heating; Solar Heating in Building Renovation or Retrofitting

ESTIF, ITW, PlanEnergi, AIT

ESTIF S&C Workshop - Brussels (Belgium)

2 December 2010

QAiST Work in progress (update on status of WP 2, 3, 4, 5) WP2: Solar thermal collectors; CE marking; WP2 and 6 - A status report

ESTIF, PlanEnergi, SP

National Mirror Committee of CEN TC 312 meeting - LNEG, Lisboa (Portugal)

2 February 2011

Presentation of the status of QAiST project mainly related to revision of Standards EN 12975 and EN 12976

LNEG

Info-Day (IEE) - Porto (Portugal)

17 March 2011

Presentation of the project as an example of IEE projects

LNEG

10. Solar Keymark Network meeting - Brussels (Belgium)

22-23 March 2011

Update on QAiST project
(1) (2) (3)

SKN

Solar workshop at the IRI (Industrial Research Institute) - Beirut (Lebanon)

OG

Establishment of a test facility according to the european standard, TZSB training

IZES

21. OTTI Symposium Thermische Solarenergie - Kloster Banz, Bad Staffelstein (Germany)

9-11 May 2011

Presentation of QAiST project; Poster presentation about freezing problems on heat pipes

ITW, ISE, AIT

Freeze resistance test of heat pipe evacuated tube collectors: now a question of the heat transfer fluid used!

TÜV

 Quasi-dynamische Vermessung von potentiellen Mitteltemperaturkollektoren (Quasi-dynamic measurement of potential medium-temperature collectors)

AIT

Experimentelle Untersuchung der Auswirkungen von Hagelschlag auf Kunststoffabdeckungen von Solarkollektoren (Experimental investigation of the effects of hail on plastic covers for solar collectors)

AIT

Erste Betriebserfahrungen mit einem neuartigen Mitteltemperaturprüfstand für Kollektorprüfungen über 200 °C (Initial operating experience with a new means test for collector temperature above 200 ° C tests)

AIT, dp2

GENERA (Energy and Environment International Trade Fair) - 5th Solar Thermal congress organised by ASIT (Spanish ST industry Asociation) -  Madrid (Spain)

11 May 2011

Status of the different work packages and description of the EU standardisation activities
(1) (2)

CENER, ESTIF

ISES Solar World Congress - Kassel (Germany)

28 August /
2 September 2011

Presentation of the Round Robin test at the conference

ITW - TZS

Elaboration of performance test methods (Improving the accuracy in performance prediction for new collector designs)

SP, Dalarna University, ITW - TZS

Elaboration of performance test methods (Unglased Collector model validation)

Technical University of Denmark, SP, ÅF Infrastructure

Presentation of Collector Energy output calculations (A new tool for standardised Collector performance calculations)

Technical University of Denmark, SERC Dalarna University, SP

Presentation of the process towards a new global standard for solar thermal collectors

ISE, SP, ESTIF, ITW, CENER,  AIT, ITC

Discussion on ongoing revision of EN 12976 (Contributions to the revision of the standard)

LNEG / CSTB

11. Solar Keymark Network meeting - Paris (France)

5-6 October 2011

Freeze Resistance Test of Solar Thermal Collectors and QAiST work in progress
(1) (2)

ESTIF

Austria Solar WG Quality - Wels  (Austria)

10 November 2011

Presentation of the status of the project
(1) (2)

AIT

QAiST Industry Workshop - Warsaw (Poland)

14 December 2011

Information on Quality Assurance in Solar Thermal: Recent changes in the standards and outlook

SP

12. Solar Keymark Network meeting - Berlin (Germany)

20-21 March 2012

Miscellaneous
(1) (2)

SKN

IEA-SHC TASK 43: Solar Rating and Certification Procedures (dissemination activity only) - Spain

29 April 2012

Subtask A: Roadmap of Collector Testing and Certification Issues

CENER

22. OTTI Symposium Thermische Solarenergie - Kloster Banz, Bad Staffelstein (Germany)

9-11 May 2012

Solar thermal and heat pump combi-systems; Function and yield controlling; Solar Cooling
(1) (2) (3)

ISE, ESTIF, ITW, AIT, SKN, TÜV, ISFH

Heat pipe performance before and after one year of exposure

ITW

European Rond Robin test on solar collectors and solar thermal systems

all test labs

Heat pipe limitation effects on the performance of solar thermal collectors with heat pipes

ISFH