MEASUREMENT OF WATER HEATER EFFICIENCY
MEASURE EFFECTIVENESS APPLICATION – RETIREMENT VILLAGE CURRENT SYSTEM (CONTROL) CONTROLLER (NEW SYSTEM) ACCOUNT FOR USE PATTERNS
CONSTRAINTS NO LOSS OF HOT WATER SERVICE TWO WEEKS FOR EXPERIMENT
LARGE CONSUMPTION
CONCERNS GAS METER MEASURED BOTH HOT WATER AND SPACE HEATING USAGE WAS BURNER CONSUMPTION RATE CONSTANT? HOW TO ACCOUNT FOR GREATER USAGE ON MONDAY AND FRIDAY? HOW TO ACCOUNT FOR STANDBY LOSSES?
GAS METER MEASURED BOTH HOT WATER AND SPACE HEATING USAGE MONOTOR TIME THAT GAS SOLENOID IS OPEN.
WAS BURNER CONSUMPTION RATE CONSTANT? CALIBRATE BURNER GAS CONSUMPTION MEASURE HOT WATER GAS CONSUMPTION WITH SPACE HEATING OFF REPLICATE
WEEKLY USAGE
HOW TO ACCOUNT FOR GREATER USAGE ON MONDAY AND FRIDAY? USE BLOCKING INSTALL CONTROLLER ACTIVATE FIRST WEEK DEACTIVATE SECOND WEEK
HOW TO ACCOUNT FOR STANDBY LOSSES? USE BLOCKING IN TIME EXAMINE EFFECT OF USAGE
RESULTS
CONTROLLER OFF
BALANCE CHECK
CONTROLLER OFF
CALCULATION
CONTROLLER ON
t-TEST
EFFECT OF WATER USAGE
CONCLUSIONS CONTROLLER REDUCES GAS CONSUMPTION BY 11% DIFFERENCE IS STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANTLY GAS CONSUMPTION PER GALLON OF HOT WATER REDUCES WITH GREATER CONSUMPTION