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.. autoclass:: pandaprosumer.controller.models.SolarThermalController
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The Solar Thermal controller implements the thermodynamic model of a collector field.
It accounts for **optical efficiency**, **thermal losses**, and **correction factors** for capacitance, series connection, and piping.
The model uses a single temperature to characterize the solar field and relies on the EN12975 standard to characterize the solar thermal collector performance. The approach is based on Chapter 6 and Chapter 10 of “Solar Engineering of Thermal Processes”, by J.A Duffie and W.A. Beckman.
The model can simulate the performance of the solar field collector, and then connect it to a thermal storage component or heat exchanger model to incorporate it in a model or a functional system.


**Collector Initial Parameters**

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