Investigation of the Performance of the Windjammer Solar System

摘要

The University of Florida's Solar Energy Laboratory was contracted to test and evaluate the Windjammer solar water heater system. This system was a forced circulation/batch mode hybrid system. The approach taken compared the performance of the Windjammer innovative system to the performance of a conventional open loop solar water heating system. The system prototype was constructed such that it could be configured for operation in the innovative or conventional mode. Comparisons of the two operational configurations with systems comprised of identical equipment was therefore possible. The data presented in this report are for the performance of the innovative and conventional system configurations for winter and late spring/early summer conditions. (ERA citation 08:057074)