Chicago Navy Pier Terminal Building solar space and water heating demonstration project
The Chicago Navy Pier site is a building complex located in Chicago, Illinois on a man-made peninsula extending over 3/5 mile into Lake Michigan. The Navy Pier's East End complex is used as a year-round recreational and cultural facility. The solar energy system is designed to supply 33% of the space heating requirements for the Terminal Building, a 36,000 sq. ft., three-story masonry structure serving as the gateway to the East complex. Auxiliary energy is provided by 2 to 85 h.p. gas-fired boilers. There are 300 flat-plate solar collectors with a black chrome selective surface. The gross collector area is 9217 square feet. The collector fluid medium is 50% ethylene glycol/50% water mixture with anti-corrosion additives. Storage consists of two 7500-gallon, above-ground storage tanks insulated by three inches of fiberglass insulation.
- Research Organization:
- Chicago, City of, IL (USA)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC02-76CS34096
- OSTI ID:
- 6472056
- Report Number(s):
- DOE/CS/34096-1; ON: DE83006485
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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PUBLIC BUILDINGS
SOLAR SPACE HEATING
SOLAR HEATING SYSTEMS
PERFORMANCE
DESIGN
FLAT PLATE COLLECTORS
OPERATION
SENSIBLE HEAT STORAGE
TANKS
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CONTAINERS
ENERGY STORAGE
ENERGY SYSTEMS
EQUIPMENT
HEAT STORAGE
HEATING
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SOLAR COLLECTORS
SOLAR EQUIPMENT
SOLAR HEATING
SPACE HEATING
STORAGE
140901* - Solar Thermal Utilization- Space Heating & Cooling