Shallow solar pond for large amounts of hot water. Final progress report

Technical Report · Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1985

OSTI ID:5512676

This project entailed the detailed design, construction and testing of a shallow solar pond (SSP) system to provide hot water to a school in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico. The three phases of the project, design, construction and testing of the pond, are all treated as separate reports in the appendices of this report. Several detailed drawings are provided with the brief discussion of the design of the SSP module. A total of thirteen T type thermocouples were used to measure the temperature at various points in the system. Incident insolation was also measured for the analysis of the system's performance. The average daily collector efficiency measured over a 29 day period was 45% with a standard deviation of 5%.

• Research Organization: Southwestern Education Society, Mayaguez (Puerto Rico)
• DOE Contract Number: FG42-81R205323
• OSTI ID: 5512676
• Report Number(s): DOE/R2/05323-T1; ON: DE85015646
• Resource Relation: Other Information: Portions of this document are illegible in microfiche products
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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