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Title: Technology profile: Residential greywater heat recovery systems

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:350605

This report profiles residential greywater heat recovery (GWHR) systems, beginning with a background review of residential hot water consumption patterns, usage characteristics, and the technology currently used for residential water heating systems. This is followed by a generic description of the various types of residential GWHR systems and the benefits they produce, a summary of the technical obstacles which GWHR technology faces and the barriers to widespread GWHR commercialization, and a description of commercially available GWHR systems. The types of applications for which the technology is best suited are discussed, and the potential markets for GWHR systems are assessed. An action plan concludes the report, suggesting how those markets might be successfully developed.

Research Organization:
Canada Centre for Mineral and Energy Technology, Energy Technology Branch, Ottawa, Ontario (Canada); Manitoba Hydro, Business and Energy Services, Winnipeg, Manitoba (Canada)
OSTI ID:
350605
Report Number(s):
MIC-99-00335/XAB; SSC-M-91-7/440-1998E; TRN: 91171635
Resource Relation:
Other Information: PBD: 1998
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English