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Solar heating and domestic hot water system installed at Kansas City, Fire Station, Kansas City, Missouri. Final report

Description: This document is the final report of the solar energy heating and hot water system installed at the Kansas City Fire Station, Number 24, 2309 Hardesty Street, Kansas City, Missouri. The solar system was designed to provide 47 percent of the space heating, 8800 square feet area and 75 percent of the domestic hot water (DHW) load. The solar system consists of 2808 square feet of Solaron, model 2001, air, flat plate collector subsystem, a concrete box storage subsystem which contains 1428 cubic fe… more
Date: July 1980
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Evaluation of an all-glass, evacuated, tubular, nonfocusing, nontracking solar collector array. First annual progress report, July 1, 1976--August 31, 1977

Description: A spaced, evacuated tubular radiation receiver employing a highly selective absorber surface and light enhancement features has been subject to extensive test and analysis. Air was used as the heat transfer fluid. The design, installation, test and analysis of the air cooled collector was conducted. The thermal performance of the air cooled collector was found to be better than predicted when rated on an all day operating basis. The high performance characteristic is enhanced by the features of… more
Date: December 1, 1977
Creator: Moan, K L
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Solar energy system demonstration project at Wilmington Swim School, New Castle, Delaware. Final report

Description: This document is the Final Report of the Solar Energy System located at the Wilmington, Swim School, New Castle, Delaware. This active solar system is composed of 2,700 square feet of Revere liquid flat plate collectors piped to a 2,800 gallon concrete storage tank located below ground near the building. A micro-computer based control system selects the optimal applications of the stored energy among space, domestic water and pool alternatives. The controlled logic is planned for serving the he… more
Date: July 1, 1980
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Simple empirical method for estimating the performance of a passive solar heated building of the thermal storage wall type

Description: Two methods are presented for estimating the annual solar heating performance of a building utilizing a passive thermal storage wall of the Trombe wall or water wall type with or without night insulation and with or without a reflector. The method is accurate to +-3% as compared with hour-by-hour computer simulations.
Date: January 1, 1978
Creator: Balcomb, J.D. & McFarland, R.D.
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Solar heating system at Security State Bank, Starkville, Mississippi. Final report

Description: Information is provided on the Solar Energy Heating System (airtype) installed at the branch bank building, northwest corner of Highway 12 and Spring Street, Starkville, Mississippi. This installation was completed in June, 1979. The 312 square feet of Solaron flat plate air collectors provide for 788 square feet of space heating, an estimated 55 percent of the heating load. Solar heated air is distributed to the 96 cubic foot steel cylinder, which contains two inch diameter rocks. An air handl… more
Date: August 1, 1980
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Low-cost site-assembled solar collector designs for use with heat pumps

Description: Four low cost solar collector designs have been produced for use in solar assisted heat pump systems. Three principles guided the design: the use of air as the heat transfer medium, the use of on-site easy-to-install construction rather than modularized prefabricated construction, and the collection of solar energy at reduced temperatures.
Date: May 1, 1977
Creator: Andrews, J. W. & Wilhelm, W.
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Low cost solar collector of a packed bed design

Description: Two solar collectors using a pebble bed design were constructed and tested using air as the heat exchange media. One collector had pebbles of metallurgical grade coke, and the other had a frothy volcanic material called scoria. The highly irregular surface of such vesicular material should increase the path distance for the air and the surface exposed cavities should give some honeycomb effect. Both should yield greater efficiency. Actual testing shows the efficiencies to be comparable with oth… more
Date: July 29, 1977
Creator: Simpson, D.R.
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Solar energy system performance evaluation - Seasonal Report for Seeco Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska

Description: The SEECO Lincoln Solar Energy System was designed to provide 60 percent of the space heating for the 50 seat Hyde Memorial Observatory in Lincoln, Nebraska. The system consists of nine SEECO Mod 1 flat plate air collectors (481 square feet), a 347 cubic foot rock storage bin, blowers, controls and air ducting. An auxiliary natural gas furnace provides additional energy when the solar energy is not adequate to meet the space heating demand. The system has five modes of operation. System descrip… more
Date: June 1, 1980
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Passive solar space heating

Description: An overview of passive solar space heating is presented indicating trends in design, new developments, performance measures, analytical design aids, and monitored building results.
Date: January 1, 1980
Creator: Balcomb, J. D.
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Natural convection characteristics of flat plate collectors. Progress report

Description: The results of an experimental investigation into the convective heat losses in large aspect ratio flat-plate solar collectors are described. An experimental study has been undertaken on a specially designed test cell using a 3 inch Mach-Zehnder interferometer. Air at atmospheric pressure was used as the heat-transfer fluid. The experimental results include interferograms which show the thermal boundary layer formations and the temperature profiles. Local temperature profiles have been analyzed… more
Date: September 1, 1977
Creator: Randall, K. R.; Wl-Wakil, M. M. & Mitchell, J. W.
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Photovoltaic systems concept study. Final report

Description: The following appendices are included: economic theory, electric utilities, and peak load pricing; evaluating the total cost of an on-site solar energy system; derivation of PEPS cost model; PEPS economic analysis model; scenarios; the effect of governmental ''subsidies'' on the nuclear power industry; discussion of energy industry subsidies; extension of the Hottel-Whillier-Bliss model to the analysis of combined photovoltaic/thermal flat plate collectors; analysis of solar-augmented rock-bed/… more
Date: April 1, 1977
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Wisconsin collector-efficiency study, phase two

Description: The collector efficiency study developed a solar collector rating methodology specific to Wisconsin conditions. Existing rating programs were researched and a collector methodology was developed. A computer program was written to calculate the collector ratings and 25 collector models were rated. The accuracy of the proposed rating methodology was evaluated for 16 collectors placed in 11 domestic hot water systems. One liquid space heating analysis with storage and one air space heating analysi… more
Date: January 15, 1982
Creator: Abright, B.L.
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Modified horizontal solar collector for low temperature grain drying

Description: The project consisted of constructing a horizontal solar collector with a small amount of rock storage integrated into the collector air stream. The collected energy was used to dry corn in a 6000 bushel low-temperature drying facility. The collector proved to be economically feasible to build and collected sufficient energy to show a reasonable return on the investment.
Date: January 27, 1980
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Solar Energy System Performance Evaluation. Seasonal report for Contemporary Newnan, Newnan, Georgia

Description: The Contemporary Newnan Solar Energy System was designed by Contemporary Systems, Incorporated, Jaffrey, New Hampshire, to provide 60 percent of the space heating and domestic hot water (DHW) for a two story residence located in Newnan, Georgia. The system consists of fourteen Contemporary System Series V warm air collectors (392 square feet), 328 cubic foot rock bin thermal storage containing 1 to 1 1/2 inch diameter stones, an air handler, heat exchangers, an 80-gallon DHW preheat tank, contr… more
Date: June 1, 1980
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Performance of active solar space-heating systems, 1980-1981 heating season

Description: Data are provided on 32 solar heating sites in the National Solar Data Network (NSDN). Of these, comprehensive data are included for 14 sites which cover a range of system types and solar applications. A brief description of the remaining sites is included along with system problems experienced which prevented comprehensive seasonal analyses. Tables and discussions of individual site parameters such as collector areas, storage tank sizes, manufacturers, building dimensions, etc. are provided. T… more
Date: January 1, 1981
Creator: Welch, K.; Kendall, P.; Pakkala, P. & Cramer, M.
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Workshops and incentive loans program for construction of solar greenhouses, grain dryers, window boxes and food dryers. Final performance report

Description: A Solar Loan Fund was established to provide low-interest incentive loans to families desiring to construct their own solar devices, the only stipulations being allowance of reasonable public visitation and monitoring and employment of parish-trained construction teams if labor is to be hired. About 30 vocational agriculture students built window box collector units as part of their classroom experience, trying several designs. Later, 12 to 15 families built window box collectors for their use.… more
Date: February 1, 1982
Creator: Walker, D.H.
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Passive-solar-heating project for a single-family residence. Final report

Description: This project was a passive home heating system utilizing solar collectors that are part of the roof structure of a 15' x 30' greenhouse. The design utilized solar air collectors constructed on site that are actually part of the roof of the greenhouse. The flow of air is from the storage to the collectors then back to the storage. The storage bin consists of a 5' x 19' concrete insulated bin built into the floor of the greenhouse. The storage mass was gallon plastic jugs. The plastic jugs did no… more
Date: May 1, 1982
Creator: Starkey, V.J.
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Solar-assisted electric clothes dryer using a home attic as a heat source

Description: This study was undertaken to determine the suitability of using a southeastern home attic as a means of reducing the energy consumption of an electric clothes dryer. An inexpensive duct (duplicable for $25) was constructed to collect hot attic air from the peak of a south facing roof and introduce it into the dryer inlet. Instrumentation was added to measure inlet temperatures and operating time/energy consumption of the dryer. Standardized test loads, in addition to normal laundry, were observ… more
Date: unknown
Creator: Stana, J.M.
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Solar heating system for the First Baptist Church, 1500 E. Melgaard Road, Aberdeen, South Dakota 57401. Final report

Description: This report includes the following: (1) acceptance test plan, (2) systems performance data, (3) pictures of completed system, (4) problems in building the system, (5) description of the system, (6) major maintenance problems, (7) revised blueprints, (8) installation, operation, and maintenance manuals, and (9) recommendations.(MOW)
Date: April 16, 1979
Creator: Salem, H.E.
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Comparative analysis of six generic solar domestic hot water systems

Description: Results were analyzed from experiments on six solar domestic hot water systems tested at National Bureau of Standards. Use of pumps, fans, controls, and solenoid valves in the pumped systems resulted in high parasitic energy consumption. Storage losses from double tank systems were greater than expected due to poor storage tank insulation. Direct systems performed better than indirect systems as expected. The thermosyphon delivered the most solar energy to the hot water load for the lowest init… more
Date: January 1, 1980
Creator: Farrington, R.; Noreen, D. & Murphy, L.M.
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Solair heater program: solair applications study. Final report

Description: General Electric has designed and tested a low-cost solar system using a vacuum tube solar air heater under ERDA Contract E(11-1)-2705. This contract extension has been provided to evaluate various applications of this solar collector. The evaluation identified attractive applications, evaluated corresponding control procedures, estimated system performance, compared economically insolation and insulation, and evaluated the repackaging of off-the-shelf equipment for improved cost effectiveness.… more
Date: December 1, 1977
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Solar energy system performance evaluation: seasonal report for Solaron-Duffield, Duffield, Virginia

Description: The Solaron Duffield Solar Energy System was designed to provide 51% of the space heating, and 49% of the domestic hot water (DHW) to a two story 1940 square foot area residence using air as the transport medium. The system consists of a 429 square foot collector array, a 265 cubic foot rock thermal storage bin, heat exchangers, an 80 gallon DHW preheat tank, pumps, blowers, controls, air ducting and associated plumbing. An air-to-liquid heat pump coupled with a 1000 gallon water storage tank p… more
Date: July 1, 1980
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Research on the application of solar energy to industrial drying or dehydration processes. Fourth phase. Final report

Description: The operation and maintenance of this proof-of-concept solar dehydration facility in Fresno, California is reported. Phase I of this project incorporated the analysis and design of an inexpensive solar collector unit, coupled with a commercial heat recovery unit and rock storage facilities. These three components supplied about 85% of the hot air required by a single tunnel of the Lamanuzzi and Pantaleo (L and P) dehydration facility in Fresno, California. A relatively simple air solar collecto… more
Date: December 1, 1981
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