Viability study of implantation of a solar water heating system in the maternity school of the Federal University of the Ceara

The present article aims at to study the viability of a solar water heating system in the Maternity School Assis Chateaubriand-MEAC, one of the units of the Federal University of Ceara-UFC. With this, it is objectified to promote economy of electric energy and consequently of resources, allowing the best administration of the unit. The choice for the subject consists of two main factors: firstly, the characteristic of the unit consumer, in which the water heating, destined for the bath of the babies, it is made from electric taps spread by diverse points of the construction; secondly, the characteristics of the state of the Ceara, which presents one high solar potential (insolation greater that 2,800 hours/year), available in every month, being worthless and the climatic changes caused by the stations each year.