Farmer owned multi-use solar buildings for drying hay, grain, or heating shop

Conference · Wed Jun 01 00:00:00 EDT 1983 · ASAE Tech. Pap.; (United States)

OSTI ID:5423690

DeBusk, K E

Identical multi-use solar buildings were built and tested on two farms in 1982. Actual (not simple) pay back periods are given for the two buildings for hay and for grain drying. Comparisons between solar and computed propane gas costs are reported.

• Research Organization: Department of Agricultural Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee
• OSTI ID: 5423690
• Report Number(s): CONF-8306126-
• Journal Information: ASAE Tech. Pap.; (United States), Vol. 83-3002; Conference: American Society of Agricultural Engineers summer meeting, Bozeman, MT, USA, 26 Jun 1983
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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09 BIOMASS FUELS
32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION
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SOLAR SPACE HEATING
CEREALS
SOLAR DRYING
GRASS
ENERGY SUBSTITUTION EQUIVALENT
AGRICULTURE
COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS
CONSTRUCTION
COST
FARMS
PAYBACK PERIOD
PROPANE
SEEDS
ALKANES
DRYING
GRAMINEAE
HEATING
HYDROCARBONS
INDUSTRY
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
PLANTS
SOLAR HEATING
SPACE HEATING
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