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Title: Low-cost light-weight thin material solar heating system

Abstract

Presented in this paper are innovative concepts to substantially reduce the cost of residential solar application. They were based on a research and development approach that establishes cost goals which if successfully met can insure high marketability. Included in this cost goal-oriented approach is the additional need to address aesthetics and performance. With such constraints established, designs were initialized, tested, and iterated towards appropriate solutions. These solutions are based on methods for reducing the material intensity of the products, improving the simplicity for ease of production, and reducing the cost of installation. Such a development approach has yielded past proof-of-concept designs in the solar collector and in the other components that constitute a total solar heating system.

Authors:
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Brookhaven National Lab., Upton, NY (USA)
OSTI Identifier:
5748234
Report Number(s):
BNL-36329; CONF-850388-11
ON: DE85012531
DOE Contract Number:  
AC02-76CH00016
Resource Type:
Conference
Resource Relation:
Conference: Solar buildings: realities for today - trends for tomorrow, Washington, DC, USA, 18 Mar 1985
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
14 SOLAR ENERGY; FLAT PLATE COLLECTORS; DESIGN; SOLAR WATER HEATERS; THERMAL ENERGY STORAGE EQUIPMENT; PAYBACK PERIOD; RETROFITTING; SOLAR HEATING SYSTEMS; APPLIANCES; ENERGY SYSTEMS; EQUIPMENT; HEATERS; HEATING SYSTEMS; SOLAR COLLECTORS; SOLAR EQUIPMENT; WATER HEATERS; 140907* - Solar Thermal Utilization- Water Heating; 141000 - Solar Collectors & Concentrators

Citation Formats

Wilhelm, W G. Low-cost light-weight thin material solar heating system. United States: N. p., 1985. Web.
Wilhelm, W G. Low-cost light-weight thin material solar heating system. United States.
Wilhelm, W G. 1985. "Low-cost light-weight thin material solar heating system". United States.
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year = {Fri Mar 01 00:00:00 EST 1985},
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