Solar Swimming Pool Heating in Florida: Collector Sizing and Economics

Primary Author(s)

Florida Solar Energy Center
Charles Cromer, Florida Solar Energy Center

Report Number

FSEC-GP-13-81

URL

http://publications.energyresearch.ucf.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/FSEC-GP-13-81.pdf

Keywords

Solar heating; Swimming pools; Collector sizing; Economic analysis; Florida; Temperature maintenance

Abstract

There are over 300,000 swimming pools in Florida, and most of them must be heated during winter months to maintain comfortable swimming conditions. For the average user, temperatures ranging from 78 °F to 80° F for spring and fall and 76° for winter are usually considered comfortable. This publication presents a simple method that can be used to determine the solar collector area (within ± 20 percent) needed to heat a swimming pool to comfort conditions assuming average weather patterns.

Date Published

5-1-2000

Identifiers

656

Subjects

Swimming pools--Heating and ventilation; Solar energy; Heating--Equipment and supplies; Home economics--Economic aspects; Weather

Local Subjects

Solar Thermal

Type

Text; Document

Creator (Linked Data)

Cromer, Charles J. [LC]

Collection

FSEC Energy Research Center® Collection

STARS Citation

Florida Solar Energy Center and Cromer, Charles, "Solar Swimming Pool Heating in Florida: Collector Sizing and Economics" (2000). FSEC Energy Research Center®. 656.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/fsec/656