ISO 9806:2013规定了用于评估流体加热收集器的耐久性，可靠性和安全性的测试方法。 它还包括流体加热收集器的热性能表征的测试方法，即玻璃和无釉液体加热太阳能收集器的稳态和准动态热性能以及玻璃和无釉空气加热太阳能收集器的稳态热性能（开放到环境以及闭环）。 它也适用于产生热和电力的混合收集器。但不包括电气安全或与发电有关的其他具体属性。 ISO 9806:2013也适用于使用外部电源进行正常运行和/或安全使用的收集器。 ISO 9806:2013不适用于蓄热单元是集热器组成部分的收集器，以至于收集过程不能与存储过程分开，以便进行这两个过程的测量

ISO 9806:2013 specifies test methods for assessing the durability, reliability and safety for fluid heating collectors. It also includes test methods for the thermal performance characterization of fluid heating collectors, namely steady-state and quasi-dynamic thermal performance of glazed and unglazed liquid heating solar collectors and steady-state thermal performance of glazed and unglazed air heating solar collectors (open to ambient as well as closed loop). It is also applicable to hybrid collectors generating heat and electric power. However it does not cover electrical safety or other specific properties related to electric power generation. ISO 9806:2013 is also applicable to collectors using external power sources for normal operation and/or safety purposes. ISO 9806:2013 is not applicable to those collectors in which the thermal storage unit is an integral part of the collector to such an extent that the collection process cannot be separated from the storage process for the purpose of making measurements of these two processes.