SOLAR HEAT FOR BATH
Experiment In Peking
(N.Z.P. A.-Reuter—Copyright) PEKING.
A State farm near Peking has built an experimental communal bath-house using the sun’s rays to heat the water.
The south wall of the bathhouse consists of sloping glass sheets. Behind the double layer of glass is a system of pipes and tin-plating painted black to absorb the solar heat. According to newspaper reports, enough hot water is produced to provide for 20 showers for workers at the Tientangho Farm, about 20 miles from the capital. The Peking area has a dry, sunny climate with cloudless skies for most of the year. One of the designers said that in the coldest winter weather steam from the boiler of the nearby farm canteen might be needed to help heat the water and a connecting pipe has been installed.
The building was more expensive than a conventional bath-house with boiler, but savings on coal and the wages of a boilerman would make up the difference within three years, it is estimated.
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Press, Volume CV, Issue 31020, 28 March 1966, Page 21
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