如今，商业和工业热水需求通过现场建造的称为“浅太阳能池”的大容量太阳能热水系统得到了经济满足浅层太阳能池（SSP）是一种水平集成集热器存储系统，已被证明是向商业和工业设施提供大量廉价热水的简单可靠方法。目前，美国东南部和加勒比海地区有几个池塘投入运营。现有池塘提供热水的成本在每百万英热单位（MBtu）8至10美元之间。本文中的经济分析表明，位于佛罗里达州的SSP每年将以每平方英尺4.22美元（0.014美元/kWh）的平准化成本交付0.20至0.30 MBtu。单位:双引文:研讨会，ASHRAE交易，1988年，第94卷，pt。德克萨斯州达拉斯1号

Commercial and industrial hot water requirements are today being economically met with a site-built large volume solar water heating system called the "shallow solar pond." The shallow solar pond (SSP), a horizonal intergral collector storage system, has proven to be a simple and reliable means of providing large quantities of inexpensive hot water to commercial and industrial facilities.Several ponds are now operational in the southeastern United States and the Caribbean. The existing ponds are providing hot water at costs between $8 and $10 per million Btu (MBtu). Economic analysis presented in this paper indicates a SSP located in Florida will deliver 0.20 to 0.30 MBtu per square foot annually at levelized costs of $4.22 per MBtu ($0.014/kWh).Units: Dual