Program plan for reliability and maintainability in active solar heating and cooling systems

Technical Report · Wed Oct 01 04:00:00 EDT 1980

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/6843727· OSTI ID:6843727

This document presents a plan for the Department of Energy, Office of Solar Applications for Buildings program addressing reliability and maintainability (R and M) of active solar energy systems. The goal of the R and M program is to accelerate the removal of reliability and maintainability as major concerns impeding the widespread adoption of solar energy systems. Specific objectives that support that goal are as follows: (1) provide all groups that have solar R and M concerns with the information that is available to the program and that can assist in alleviating those concerns; (2) assist the solar energy industry in improving levels of R and M performance in state-of-the-art solar energy systems, components, and materials; (3) assist in the early development of a viable infrastructure for the design, manufacture, installation, and maintenance of reliable, maintainable, and durable solar energy systems; (4) assist in the development of appropriate standards, code provisions, and certification programs relating to the R and M performance of solar energy systems, components, and materials; and (5) develop the information required to support the other activities within the R and M program. These objectives correspond to five areas of action: regulations, research and development, technology transfer, solar industry infrastructure development, and data collection and analysis. (WHK)

• Research Organization: Mueller Associates, Inc., Baltimore, MD (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC01-80CS36010
• OSTI ID: 6843727
• Report Number(s): DOE/CS/36010-01
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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EQUIPMENT
GOVERNMENT POLICIES
HEATING SYSTEMS
INDUSTRY
MAINTENANCE
MANAGEMENT
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
PLANNING
PROGRAM MANAGEMENT
RELIABILITY
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SOLAR EQUIPMENT
SOLAR HEATING SYSTEMS
SOLAR INDUSTRY
US DOE
US ORGANIZATIONS