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Space heaters : repairs and utilities.

Description: "This Technical Manual provides information on construction, installation, operation, and maintenance of Army space heaters used in the zone of interior."
Date: June 1946
Creator: United States. War Department.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Upper Sand Mountain Parish Solar Construction Workshops. Final performance report

Description: The Upper Sand Mountain Parish continues to employ its initial strategy for involving high school vocational students with the pre cutting and instructional assembly aid to area families. The parish project works with high school vocational classes in pre fabbing solar devices into kit form. Then, students are employed to serve as instructors for Saturday construction workshops at the local electric cooperative. Trained teams of older and unemployed adults work with youth in building solar gree… more
Date: February 1, 1983
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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An investigation of aircraft heaters 14: an air and heat flow analysis of a ram-operated heater and duct system

Description: Report presenting a method of graphical analysis that allows for the prediction of the thermal and aerodynamic performance of a ram-operated heater and duct system, for cabin heating or wing de-icing, at any altitude and airplane speed. Performance can be predicted from the isothermal total pressure drop across the components of the duct system at several ventilating air rates and the thermal output of the heater at various air and exhaust gas rates.
Date: March 1944
Creator: Boelter, L. M. K.; Morrin, E. H.; Martinelli, R. C. & Poppendiek, H. F.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Low-Cost Solar Water Heating Research and Development Roadmap

Description: The market environment for solar water heating technology has changed substantially with the successful introduction of heat pump water heaters (HPWHs). The addition of this energy-efficient technology to the market increases direct competition with solar water heaters (SWHs) for available energy savings. It is therefore essential to understand which segment of the market is best suited for HPWHs and focus the development of innovative, low-cost SWHs in the market segment where the largest oppo… more
Date: August 1, 2012
Creator: Hudon, K.; Merrigan, T.; Burch, J. & Maguire, J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Owens-Illinois subsystem design package for the SEC-601 air-cooled solar collector

Description: Information used to evaluate the subsystem design of the Owens-Illinois Model SEC-601 Solar Collector is presented. The collector is of modular design and is approximately 12 feet 3 inches wide and 8 feet 7 inches tall. It contains 72 collector tube elements and weighs approximately 300 pounds. Included in this report are the Subsystem Performance Specifications and the Assembly and Installation Drawings of the Solar Collectors and Manifold.
Date: February 1, 1979
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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SIMS Prototype System 4: performance test report

Description: The results obtained during testing of a self-contained, preassembled air type solar system, designed for installation remote from the dwelling, to provide space heating and hot water are presented. Data analysis is included which documents the system performance and verifies the suitability of SIMS Prototype System 4 for field installation.
Date: October 9, 1978
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Prototype solar heated hot water systems and double-walled heat exchangers. Progress report

Description: A collection of quarterly and monthly reports from Elcam, Inc., covering progress made from January 1, 1978, through September 30, 1978, is presented. Elcam, is developing two solar-heated hot water prototype systems and two heat exchangers. This effort consists of development, manufacture, installation, maintenance, problem resolution, and system evaluation.
Date: October 1, 1978
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Freeze-protection loop for direct solar-water-heating systems. Final report

Description: Even a one-time freeze condition can do destructive damage to a direct solar water heating system. The project funded under grant DE-FG4480R4, 1-1-80 to 8-1-81, proposed to demonstrate a simple installation procedure whereby thermosiphoning warm water from storage would prevent solar collectors from freezing. Installing the freeze protection loop in owner maintained solar systems was inconclusive. Owners were not attentive to freeze warnings or did not understand the simple instructions. A cont… more
Date: November 4, 1981
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Windjammer solar-water-heating system. Final technical report

Description: The results of the Windjammer Solar-Water-Heating System tests showed that it was not as an efficient system as a comparable conventional system for converting solar energy into heat energy. However, it was determined that the innovative mode used less electric back-up energy for water heating. Reduced fossil fuel energy consumption being the ultimate objective of a solar water heating, the principle employed has been shown to be a workable energy saving concept. The differential mode of temper… more
Date: April 1, 1982
Creator: Windham, J.R.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Workshops and incentive loans program for construction of solar greenhouses, grain dryers, window boxes and food dryers. Final performance report

Description: A Solar Loan Fund was established to provide low-interest incentive loans to families desiring to construct their own solar devices, the only stipulations being allowance of reasonable public visitation and monitoring and employment of parish-trained construction teams if labor is to be hired. About 30 vocational agriculture students built window box collector units as part of their classroom experience, trying several designs. Later, 12 to 15 families built window box collectors for their use.… more
Date: February 1, 1982
Creator: Walker, D.H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Solar hot water systems for the southeastern United States: principles and construction of breadbox water heaters

Description: The use of solar energy to provide hot water is among the easier solar technologies for homeowners to utilize. In the Southeastern United States, because of the mild climate and abundant sunshine, solar energy can be harnessed to provide a household's hot water needs during the non-freezing weather period mid-April and mid-October. This workbook contains detailed plans for building breadbox solar water heaters that can provide up to 65% of your hot water needs during warm weather. If fuel … more
Date: February 1, 1983
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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SIMS prototype system 1: design data brochure

Description: A prototype solar heating and hot water system is described using air as the collector fluid and a pebble bed for heat storage. The system was designed for installation into a single family dwelling. Described are the system, subsystem, and installation requirements. System operation and performance are discussed, and a procedure for sizing the system to a specific site is presented.
Date: January 1, 1978
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Design and installation package for solar hot water system

Description: This report contains the design and installation procedure for the Solar Engineering and Manufacturing Company's solar hot water system. Included are the system performance specifications, system design drawings, hazard analysis and other information necessary to evaluate the design and instal the system.
Date: December 1, 1978
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Performance Study of Swimming Pool Heaters

Description: The objective of this report is to perform a controlled laboratory study on the efficiency and emissions of swimming pool heaters based on a limited field investigation into the range of expected variations in operational parameters. Swimming pool heater sales trends have indicated a significant decline in the number of conventional natural gas-fired swimming pool heaters (NGPH). On Long Island the decline has been quite sharp, on the order of 50%, in new installations since 2001. The major por… more
Date: January 1, 2009
Creator: McDonald, R. J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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LARGO hot water system long range thermal performance test report. Addendum

Description: The test procedure used and the test results obtained during the long range thermal performance tests of the LARGO Solar Hot Water System under natural environmental conditions are presented. Objectives of these tests were to determine the amount of energy collected, the amount of power required for system operation, system efficiency temperature distribution and system performance degradation.
Date: November 1, 1978
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Modified horizontal solar collector for low temperature grain drying

Description: The project consisted of constructing a horizontal solar collector with a small amount of rock storage integrated into the collector air stream. The collected energy was used to dry corn in a 6000 bushel low-temperature drying facility. The collector proved to be economically feasible to build and collected sufficient energy to show a reasonable return on the investment.
Date: January 27, 1980
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Solar-energy workshops held at Miami-Dade Public Libraries, 1981-1982. Final report

Description: Over a two year period, the Miami-Dade Public Library System gave 12 free solar energy programs throughout Dade County in its various branches; Solar Water Heater Workshops, where registered participants actually took part in building or putting together a solar water heater. Kick-off programs were also given free-of-charge by a number of local solar companies, to inform the audience about solar energy in general and the solar workshops in particular. Average registered attendance at these work… more
Date: January 1, 1982
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Low cost, bare plate solar air collector. Semi-annual progress report

Description: A low cost, bare plate solar collector that is specifically designed to preheat ambient air with solar energy is discussed. Two prototype solar collector test systems have been designed, fabricated and assembled. Each system has been instrumented to provide instantaneous and average thermal performance data by means of a computerized data logger system. This data logger system is currently being made operational. Data collection is scheduled to begin March 1, 1980 and continue until the project… more
Date: January 1, 1980
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Partnerships for technology introduction -- Putting the technologies of tomorrow into the marketplace of today. Report to Congress on Sections 127 and 128 of the Energy Policy Act of 1992

Description: This report to Congress was prepared on behalf of the Secretary of the US Department of Energy (DOE) in response to Sections 127 and 128 of the Energy Policy Act of 1992 (EPAct), Pub. L. 102-486. In preparing the report to the Congress, DOE has assessed the national and regional energy savings potential of products already on the market and those that will be available to consumers by the late 1990s. The Department has also examined the present cost-effectiveness of these emerging appliances as… more
Date: April 1, 1995
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Indoor test for thermal performance evaluation of the solaron (air) solar collector

Description: The test procedure used and the results obtained from an evaluation test program, conducted to obtain thermal performance data on a Solaron double glazed air solar collector under simulated conditions are described. These tests were made using the Marshall Space Flight Center Solar Simulator. A time constant test and incident angle modifier test were also conducted to determine the transient effect and the incident angle effect on the collector. These results and the results of the collector lo… more
Date: January 1, 1978
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Passive solar water heating: breadbox design for the Fred Young Farm Labor Center in Indio

Description: An appropriate passive solar preheater for multifamily housing units in the Fred Young Farm Labor Center in Indio, California, was designed and analyzed. A brief summary of passive preheater systems and the key design features used in current designs is presented. The design features necessary for the site requirements are described. The eight preliminary preheater designs reviewed for the project are presented. The results of thermal performance simulation for the eight prototype systems are d… more
Date: October 1, 1979
Creator: Melzer, B & Maeda, B
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Water Heating: Energy-efficient strategies for supplying hot water in the home (BTS Technology Fact Sheet)

Description: Fact sheet for homeowners and contractors on how to supply hot water in the home while saving energy.
Date: August 15, 2001
Creator: Center, NAHB Research; Institute, Southface Energy; Laboratory, U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge & Laboratory, U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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