Eight evacuated collector installations. Interim report for the IEA task on the performance of solar heating, cooling and hot water systems using evacuated collectors
The cooperative IEA task on evacuated collector systems includes the following research and development projects: solar heated and cooled single family residences in Japan and the USA, a solar heated single family residence in the Netherlands, a solar heated multi-family unit in West Germany, a solar test facility in the United Kingdom, solar heated and cooled offices in Australia, a solar heated and cooled laboratory in Italy, an industrial process heat application in Canada, a solar heated and cooled university building in the USA and district heating systems in Sweden and Switzerland. The task covers the important evacuated collector applications. The same collectors are used in several installations and nearly all currently available evacuated collectors are used in at least one installation. Exchange of performance results within the task has been greatly enhanced by adoption of a mandatory highly prescriptive common reporting structure. Detailed unambiguous performance comparisons are made which would otherwise be difficult or impractical. This report, the first in a series of reports that will be published through 1986, describes the system and climate at eight of the installations and illustrates and compares seasonal, monthly, daily and hourly performance of the installations in Japan, Sweden, the USA and West Germany.
- Research Organization:
- Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins (USA)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC03-81CS30569
- OSTI ID:
- 6334168
- Report Number(s):
- DOE/CS/30569-22; ON: DE85001679
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: Portions are illegible in microfiche products
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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EVACUATED COLLECTORS
PERFORMANCE
CANADA
CLIMATES
COLORADO
COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS
EFFICIENCY
FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY
HOUSES
INCIDENCE ANGLE
JAPAN
SOLAR DISTRICT HEATING
SWEDEN
SWITZERLAND
TEST FACILITIES
UNITED KINGDOM
ASIA
BUILDINGS
DISTRICT HEATING
EQUIPMENT
EUROPE
FEDERAL REGION VIII
HEATING
NORTH AMERICA
RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS
SCANDINAVIA
SOLAR COLLECTORS
SOLAR EQUIPMENT
SOLAR HEATING
USA
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