Development of Solar Hot Water Heater Performance Monitoring Protocol and Equipment

The internship will entail the development of a flexible and robust data acquisition and monitoring system for the large‐scale long‐term performance evaluation of residential Solar DHW heating systems. The literature review will guide different alternative solar heating options. The expected result will provide flexible and portable hardware/software equipment and survey protocol for large scale monitoring and evaluation of solar DHW systems. This will provide the necessary information on when and how such systems can be deployed based on the energy, economic & environmental perspectives. This will lead to new business for Reliance Home Comfort, a provider of energy-efficient home comfort products and services, and at the same time foster faster adoption of renewable energy in Ontario/Canada. This is the first of three internships related to the proposed long‐term project.

Faculty Supervisor:

Dr. Alan Fung

Student:

Abu Mohammad Ahsan

Partner:

Reliance Home Comfort

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Energy

University:

Ryerson University