- Author
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Hill, J. E.
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Jenkins, J. P.
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Jones, D. E.
- Title
- Experimental Verification of a Standard Test Procedure for Solar Collectors. Building Science Series.
- Coporate
- National Bureau of Standards, Washington, DC
- Sponsor
- Department of Energy, Washington, DC
- Report
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NBS BSS 117,
January 1979,
- Distribution
- Available from National Technical Information Service
- Keywords
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performance tests
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thermal efficiency
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solar collectors
- Identifiers
- solar collectors; ASHRAE standard 93-77
- Abstract
- A proposed procedure for testing and rating solar collectors based on thermal performance was published by the National Bureau of Standards (NBS) in 1974. Subsequently, the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air Conditioning (ASHRAE) developed a modified version of the NBS procedure which was adopted in early 1977 as ASHRAE Standard 93-77. A test facility for water-heating and air-heating collectors has been built at NBS and was used to support the development of Standard 93-77. The purpose of this report is to describe the recently adopted test procedure, the NBS test facility, and the tests that were conducted to support the development of the procedure.