Design package for solar domestic hot water system

Technical Report · Mon Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 1980

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/7176011· OSTI ID:7176011

Information used to evaluate the initial design of the Elcam, Inc., Solar Domestic Hot Water System is presented. Included are such items as the system performance specification, detailed design drawings and other information. Elcam, Inc., has developed two solar heated prototype hot water systems and two heat exchangers. The hot water systems consist of the following subsystems: collector, storage, control, transport, auxiliary energy, and government-furnished Site Data Acquisition. The two systems are installed at Tempe, Arizona, and San Diego, California.

• Research Organization: Elcam, Inc., Santa Barbara, CA (USA)
• Sponsoring Organization: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA); USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: AI01-76CS31037
• OSTI ID: 7176011
• Report Number(s): DOE/NASA/CR-161558
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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