Reliability, maintainability, and materials performance of solar demonstration systems
P.S. Chopra · OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information) · 1978
The Department of Energy (DOE) is conducting the National Program for Solar Heating and Cooling of Buildings. A major element of that program is the National Solar Data Program which includes data collection, evaluation and report publication. Information and technical data are being collected and reported on a number of residential and commercial sites. Recently, a program was initiated at Argonne National Laboratory (ANL) under the auspices of the National Solar Data Program to collect, evaluate, and publish reliability, maintainability, and material performance data from these sites. The plans which have been made and some of the early results which can be expected from the ANL Solar Data Program are described. (WHK)