文档介绍：The Integral Passive Solar Water Heater Book
Breadboxes, batchers, and other types
of simple solar water heaters
by
David A. Bainbridge
The Passive Solar Institute
Copyright © 1981: David A. Bainbridge
ISBN 0-933490-03-8 All rights reserved.
Acknowledgments:
My thanks to the many people who contributed their
time and energy to this project. With special thanks to:
John Burton
Ken Butti and John Perlin for permission to reprint
material from "Solar Water Heating in California"
Pliny Fisk
John Golder
Horace McKracken
Alan Wyatt
Peter Zweig
My wife for her encouragement and patient proofing.
Credits:
photo production, Black and White Custom Lab
typesetting, Aurora Type and Design
halftones, Design Enterprises
Olive Street in Los Angeles 1900 with three Climax Solar Water Heaters in view
by permission Butti and Perlin
Progress is like a merry-go-round. We get up on a speckled horse an' th' mechanical pianny plays a chune an'
away we go, hollerin'. We think we're travelling like th' divvle but th' man that doesn't care about merry-go-
rounds knows that we e back where we were. Finley Peter Dunne 1902
Contents
Chapter 1: An Introduction
2: A History of IPSWH's
3: The Basics of Design: Principles
4: IPSWH Design
5: Operating An IPSWH
6: Backup Heating
7: IPSWH's In Action
8: Building Your Own
9: Commercial IPSWH's
10: Market Potential for IPSWH's
11: Starting an IPS WH Business
12: The Future is for IPSWH's
Appendices: 1 - Site Selector
2 - Resources
3 - Recycled Tanks
4 - Performance
5 - Response Form
Chapter 1: An Introduction
The increasing cost and scarcity of oil, gas, and
electricity has focused attention on the need for a transition
to renewable energy sources. Solar energy will play an
essential role in this effort, particularly for domestic and
commercial space heating (and cooling) and water heating.
This book is about the simplest ty