The Big Thermal Theory

Thursday, April 18th: 8:30-10:00 AM

Presenters: Jay Burch, Anthony Menicucci, Jeff Maguire, Muhammad Sadiq, Brian Vick, Craig Christensen

More details on each presenter/presentation below.

Using Simple Algebraic Models and Rating Test Data to Predict Water Heater Energy Consumption Under Off-test Conditions

Authors: Jay Burch, Eric Wilson, Jeff Maguire, Carl Shapiro
Presenter: Jay Burch, BS, PhD, Residential Buildings, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO; Steven Winter Associates, Inc., Norfolk, CN

Analysis of the accuracy of using solar tank energy factor for estimating savings in fielded solar hot water systems

Authors: Anthony Menicucci, Hongbo He, David Menicucci, Andrea Mommoli
Presenter: Anthony Menicucci, University of NM, Albuquerque NM

Impact of pilot light modeling on the annual performance of residential gas water heaters

Authors: Jeff Maguire, Jay Burch, William Healy
Presenter: Jeff Maguire, MS, Mechanical Engineering, University of Colorado Boulder
Affiliations:National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO; National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD

Experimental study of a natural vacuum based multi-effect solar desalination system using various solar configurations & thermal storage

Author and Presenter: Muhammad Sadiq, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Effect of wind speed on performance of a solar pv array and unglazed Thermal collector

Author and Presenter: Brian Vick, BS, MS, USDA-Agricultural Research Service, Bushland TX

A simplified solar water heater model with a multi-mode tank model

Authors: Craig Christensen, Jay Burch
Presenter: Craig Christensen, NREL, Golden, CO