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Type 45 is presented as a Thermosyphon Collector with Integral Collector Storage. However, you may read in the description that there is no capacitance accounted for in the collector so the model is not suited to integrated collector storage (ICS) systems in which the bulk of the mass of the fluid is held in the collector itself. Is there any TRNSYS model?
@ken There are two variations on a tubular integrated collector storage (ICS) model in the TESS Solar Component Library. You can read about the TESS component library packages and download general descriptions of the components in the libraries at https://trnsys.com/tess-libraries/index.html . Pricing and ordering information for the TESS component libraries is at https://trnsys.com/tess-libraries/how-to-order.php.html . Contact your TRNSYS distributor to purchase any of the TESS component libraries.
