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The project demonstrates the feasibility of a Direct Solar Pool Heater (DSPH) that uses black fabric disks to absorb solar energy and heat pool water. Experiments showed that pools with DSPH achieved higher temperatures than those without, confirming its effectiveness. The DSPH is cost-efficient, does not require electricity or natural gas, and could significantly reduce energy consumption.

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Project File Physics 11th

The project demonstrates the feasibility of a Direct Solar Pool Heater (DSPH) that uses black fabric disks to absorb solar energy and heat pool water. Experiments showed that pools with DSPH achieved higher temperatures than those without, confirming its effectiveness. The DSPH is cost-efficient, does not require electricity or natural gas, and could significantly reduce energy consumption.

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CALIFORNIA STATE SCIENCE FAIR

2004 PROJECT SUMMARY

ST XAVIER’S Sr. Sec. SCHOOL


POLICE LINE ROAD
KANNAUJ

SUMITTED BY SUMITTED TO
VAIBHAV PATEL
TAHA WARSI SIR
OF 11TH [A]
ROLL NO. 32

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Direct
Solar Pool
Heater

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Objectives/Goals
My objective is to demonstrate the feasibility
of heating a pool using something called Direct
Solar Pool Heater (DSPH).
It is my first hypothesis that a pool of water
with the DSPH in place will warm up to a
higher temperature than the same without the
DSPH because the black fabric of the DSPH
absorbs more and reflects less solar energy
than the light colored pool walls or bottom.
It is my second hypothesis that by suspending
the DSPH closer to the surface of the water
(where swimmers stay most of the time), the
DSPH will heat up the surface water more than
the deep water.

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Methods/Materials

A bathtub was used to simulate the pool. Six


1300-lumen flood lights were used to simulate
the sun. Three small DSPH disks were made.
Each was made of black nylon fabric stretched
over a steel ring and then fitted with 3 buoy
sticks to allow the disk to be suspended at
the desired water depth. Two temperature
Probes were connected to Vernier Lab Pro and
a TI-83 calculator to collect temperature data at
2 different depths.
Four experiments were conducted under
controlled room and water temperatures. Each
experiment lasted 12 hours and temperatures
were recorded at 30-minute intervals. The 4
experiments were:
1) light and DSPH, 2)light but no DSPH,
3)no light but DSPH, 4)no light and no DSPH

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Results
Experiment 1
(with light on and with DSPH)
This Yielded the biggest temperature increase
(+1.071C). This confirmed my first hypothesis
that a pool of water with the DSPH in place will
warm up to a higher temperature than the same
without the DSPH.
By comparing the data of experiments #1 and
#2(with light on), it was noted that the surface
water temperature was higher by 0.221 Con
average and the deep water temperature was
higher by 0.169 Con average when the DSPH
was used. This confirmed my second
hypothesis that the DSPH heats up the surface
water more than the deep water.

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Conclusions/Discussion

My project demonstrated the feasibility of


DSPH. I believe DSPH has many advantages
over convention also natural gas pool
heating systems. DSPH is cheap to make,
install, an dmaintain. It does not require
electricity or natural gas to operate. It is also
highly efficient with no
heat loss due to pipes or heat exchangers.
If DSPH is widely used, I believe it
can reduce our energy consumption and
lessen the chance of another energy crisis
in our future.

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Summary Statement

The Direct Solar Pool Heater is a new invention


designed to absorb solar energy using submerged
black fabric disks and to transfer the absorbed
energy directly to the pool water.

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