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        ![]() MIL-HDBK-1003/13A 
7.0 LIST OF SYMBOLS 
Ac 
Collector area (ft2) 
CF 
Cost of fuel ($/106 Btu) 
Cmin 
Lesser of the heat capacity 
flow rates in the space 
heating load exchanger 
COP 
Coefficient of performance 
Cp 
Specific heat of fluid 
(Btu/lbm deg. F) 
f 
Fraction of building load 
supplied by solar heating 
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f 
Average of f over one year 
FI 
Function of energy absorbed 
by collector/building heating 
load (ft -2) 
FL 
Function of collector heat 
losses/building heating load (ft -2) 
FR 
Collector heat removal factor 
(see 3.2) 
F'R 
Collector heat exchanger 
efficiency factor (see 3.2) 
G 
Flow rate through collector 
per unit area (lbm/hr ft2) 
I 
Solar insolation 
(Btu/ft2-day) 
IT 
Average instantaneous solar 
insolation on collector 
surface 
L 
Gross heat loss rate 
(Btu/ft2-degree day) 
M 
Area of building (ft2) 
. 
m 
Mass flow through collector 
(lbm/hr) 
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