Operational domestic hot water system test facility
As solar heating and cooling matures, the natural evolutionary process dictates the need for expanding test methodology to the systems level including domestic hot water (DHW), space heating, cooling, and other integrated system technologies slated for specific end use applications. The empirical data produced in testing at the system level can then be used to develop and validate performance models. Currently, solar DHW system test methods are under development. The design, construction, and operation of a thermal simulator based DHW system test facility is discussed. The facility is presently configured to accommodate test specifications set forth in draft ASHRAE Standard 95P and addenda to that document proposed by the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA).
- Research Organization:
- DSET Labs., Inc., Phoenix, AZ
- OSTI ID:
- 5688723
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-810509-(Vol.1)
- Journal Information:
- Proc. Annu. Meet. - Am. Sect. Int. Sol. Energy Soc.; (United States), Vol. 4.1; Conference: Annual conference of the International Solar Energy Society, Philadelphia, PA, USA, 26 May 1981
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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