Solar heating of swimming pools is an economically attractive utilization of Florida's abundant solar resource The temperature requirement is lower than that tor domestic or service water heating, lower than that for building heating and far lower than that for solar powered air conditioning Florida's year-round mild and sunny climate allows swimming during much of the winter t so a properly heated pool is economically attractive.

• Chapter 1 - Introduction and Summary of Design and Procedure (1,508kb)
• Chapter 2 - Determining the Pool or Spa Heating Load (1,763kb)
• Chapter 3 - Minimizing Heat Losses from Pools and Spas (428kb)
• Chapter 4 - Typical Solar System and Configurations, Flow Control and Freeze Protection (1,902kb)
• Chapter 5 - Methods for Sizing the Collector Array (2,686kb)
• Chapter 6 - Sizing Pumps, Pipes and Filters (3,659kb)
• Chapter 7 - Acceptable Installation Practice (3,550kb)
• Appendix A - Temperature/insulation Correction Nomographs and the Methodology Behind their Development (1,741kb)
• Appendix B - Wind Speed Modification Development Methodology (1,539kb)
• Appendix C - Determining and Minimizing Wind Speed Over Collector and Pool Surfaces (2,542kb)
• Appendix D - Applying the Sizing Methods (1,425kb)
• Appendix E - Insulation and Temperature Data for Eight Florida Cities (1,765kb)
• Appendix F - Calculator and Computer Programs (1,060kb)

Appendix G - Tabulated Heat Loss Factors for Swimming Pools in Six Florida Cities (1,246kb)