CYPEPLUMBING Solar Systems performs the design and analysis of the complete solar thermal energy contribution installation for hot water and heating, or part of it, in any type of building, in compliance with the corresponding standard and with personalised design configurations of other standards or personal technical limits.
In its first version, “CYPEPLUMBING Solar Systems” includes the prescriptions of CTE DB HE 4 (Spain) and the possibility to establish other conditions to comply with standards of other countries. In upcoming versions, other standards will be implemented, so users will not have to define their requirements and can simply select the code to be applied.
CYPELUMBING Solar Systems can be downloaded from the BIMserver.center platform and is integrated in the Open BIM workflow using the IFC standard.
The program designs the thermal installation using the F-Chart method and performs the hydraulic analysis (automatic design), using the “Darcy and Weisbach” formulas, and calculates the friction factor using the “Colebrook and White” equation.
It contains predefined equipment catalogues to develop the installations, but also allows configurable catalogues to be introduced.
CYPEPLUMBING Solar Systems allows users to configure the design and checks that have to be carried out on any of the elements of the installation (solar thermal collectors, storage tanks, valves, circulation pumps, horizontal and vertical pipes).
Having completed the analysis, check and design processes, CYPEPLUMBING Solar Systems generates:
- The results, quantities and checks reports
These are available from the program itself and are also exported to the BIM model where they are available for the rest of the intervening agents who have the permits to consult the project documentation. - The quantities to be exported in the standard FIEBDC-3 format
That can be used by bill of quantity programs to elaborate the budget of the installation. - The drawings of the installation
That can be printed from the program and exported to different formats (DXF, DWG, JPG, EMF, BMP).
To be able to work with “CYPEPLUMBING Solar Systems” users must have the corresponding permit, which is the same as for the CYPECAD MEP module “Solar thermal energy”. The permit must be updated to the 2019 or later versions.
Even though CYPEPLUMBING Solar Systems shares the same permit as the CYPECAD MEP module “Solar thermal energy”, “CYPELUMBING Solar Systems” has important advantages, which include:
- Hot water and heating
CYPEPLUMBING Solar Systems carries out the design and analysis for the production of domestic hot water (DHW) and heating. The module of CYPECAD MEP only designs the solar thermal energy installation for the production of hot water. - Integration in the Open BIM workflow
Unlike the “Solar thermal energy” module of CYPECAD MEP, CYPELUMBING Solar Systems is integrated in the Open BIM workflow, a multidisciplinary and multi-user methodology, which allows projects to be developed in an open, coordinated and simultaneous manner amongst the designers or intervening agents.
More information on this new CYPE program will be available shortly.
