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Title: Side-by-Side Testing of Water Heating Systems: Results from the 2013–2014 Evaluation

Abstract

The Florida Solar Energy Center (FSEC) completed a fourth year-long evaluation on residential hot water heating systems in a laboratory environment (east central Florida, hot-humid climate). The evaluation studied the performance of five hot water systems (HWS) plus a reference baseline system for each fuel, (i.e., electric and natural gas). Electric HWS consisted of two residential electric heat pump water heaters (HPWHs, 60 and 80 gallons), a solar thermal system using a polymer absorber (glazed) collector with 80-gallon storage and a duplicate 50-gallon standard electric water heater with added cap and wrap insulation. Baseline performance data were collected from a standard 50-gallon electric water heater of minimum code efficiency to compare energy savings. Similarly, a standard 40-gallon upright vented natural gas water heater served as baseline for the natural gas fuel category. The latter, having a larger jacket diameter [18 in., with an energy factor (EF) of 0.62] with increased insulation, replaced a former baseline (17 in. diameter, EF = 0.59) that served during three previous testing rotations (2009–2013). A high-efficiency, condensing natural gas hybrid water heater with 27-gallon buffered tank was also tested and compared against the gas baseline. All systems underwent testing simultaneously side-by-side under the criteria specifiedmore » elsewhere in this report.« less

Authors:
 [1]
  1. Florida Solar Energy Center, Cocoa, FL (United States)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Florida Solar Energy Center, Cocoa, FL (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Building Technologies Office (EE-5B) (Building America)
OSTI Identifier:
1374100
Report Number(s):
DOE/GO-102017-4823
7682
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION; residential; residential buildings; Building America; BA-PIRC; hot water systems; electric water heating; heat pump water heaters; energy factor; performance evaluation

Citation Formats

Colon, Carlos. Side-by-Side Testing of Water Heating Systems: Results from the 2013–2014 Evaluation. United States: N. p., 2017. Web. doi:10.2172/1374100.
Colon, Carlos. Side-by-Side Testing of Water Heating Systems: Results from the 2013–2014 Evaluation. United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/1374100
Colon, Carlos. 2017. "Side-by-Side Testing of Water Heating Systems: Results from the 2013–2014 Evaluation". United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/1374100. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1374100.
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title = {Side-by-Side Testing of Water Heating Systems: Results from the 2013–2014 Evaluation},
author = {Colon, Carlos},
abstractNote = {The Florida Solar Energy Center (FSEC) completed a fourth year-long evaluation on residential hot water heating systems in a laboratory environment (east central Florida, hot-humid climate). The evaluation studied the performance of five hot water systems (HWS) plus a reference baseline system for each fuel, (i.e., electric and natural gas). Electric HWS consisted of two residential electric heat pump water heaters (HPWHs, 60 and 80 gallons), a solar thermal system using a polymer absorber (glazed) collector with 80-gallon storage and a duplicate 50-gallon standard electric water heater with added cap and wrap insulation. Baseline performance data were collected from a standard 50-gallon electric water heater of minimum code efficiency to compare energy savings. Similarly, a standard 40-gallon upright vented natural gas water heater served as baseline for the natural gas fuel category. The latter, having a larger jacket diameter [18 in., with an energy factor (EF) of 0.62] with increased insulation, replaced a former baseline (17 in. diameter, EF = 0.59) that served during three previous testing rotations (2009–2013). A high-efficiency, condensing natural gas hybrid water heater with 27-gallon buffered tank was also tested and compared against the gas baseline. All systems underwent testing simultaneously side-by-side under the criteria specified elsewhere in this report.},
doi = {10.2172/1374100},
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place = {United States},
year = {Sat Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 2017},
month = {Sat Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 2017}
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