Twenty-year progress report on the Copper Development Association do-it-yourself solar swimming pool heating manual and on the associated prototype heater

Journal Article · Fri Jul 01 04:00:00 EDT 1994 · Solar Energy (Journal of Solar Energy Science and Engineering); (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/S0038-092X(94)90601-7· OSTI ID:7247916

De Winter, F ^[1]

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1. Altas Corp., Santa Cruz, CA (United States)

A prototype do-it-yourself solar swimming pool heater was built of copper parts in 1973, combining the solar collector and a copper roof of the flat seam type. It has now heated a pool in Pasadena, California successfully for over 20 years. During those years the associated do-it-yourself manual has been distributed to about 100,000 readers, who have used to make an unknown number of heaters. Some have used the manual as the basis for a business, building repeated customer heater installations. The present paper represents a progress report.

• OSTI ID: 7247916
• Journal Information: Solar Energy (Journal of Solar Energy Science and Engineering); (United States), Journal Name: Solar Energy (Journal of Solar Energy Science and Engineering); (United States) Vol. 53:1; ISSN SRENA4; ISSN 0038-092X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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14 SOLAR ENERGY
140909* -- Solar Thermal Utilization-- Miscellaneous Solar Applications-- (1980-)
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COMMERCIALIZATION
COPPER
ELEMENTS
EQUIPMENT
EVALUATION
HEATING
METALS
PERFORMANCE
SOLAR COLLECTORS
SOLAR EQUIPMENT
SOLAR HEATING
SURFACE WATERS
SWIMMING POOLS
TRANSITION ELEMENTS
UNGLAZED SOLAR COLLECTORS