Solar water heating

Australia, 1964

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Collecting solar energy for use in water heaters. A CSIRO scientist explains how the absorbers work and, with the aid of diagrams, how they operate on the principle of thermo-cyclic-flow. Their installation and economy are also demonstrated.

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Credits

co-director

Roger Morse

Ted Davey

producer

S.T. Evans

production company

CSIRO

Duration

00:13:02:00

Production places

Australia

Production dates

1964

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

010000

Language

English

Subject categories

Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Power resources - Australia

Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Solar heating

Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Power resources - Research

Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Renewable energy sources

Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Solar energy

Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Solar heating

Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Power resources - Australia

Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Power resources - Research

Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Renewable energy sources

Documentary

Documentary → Documentary films - Australia

Educational & Instructional

Educational & Instructional → Educational films

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Household appliances

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Solar heating

Mathematics, Science & Technology → Household appliances

Mathematics, Science & Technology → Power resources - Research

Mathematics, Science & Technology → Solar energy

Mathematics, Science & Technology → Thermodynamics

Short films

Short films → Short films - Australia

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

16mm film; Limited Access Print (Section 2)

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

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