Solar hot water demonstration project at Red Star Industrial Laundry, Fresno, California
The Final Report of the Solar Hot Water System located at the Red Star Industrial Laundry, 3333 Sabre Avenue, Fresno, California, is presented. The system was designed as an integrated wastewater heat recovery and solar preheating system to supply a part of the hot water requirements. It was estimated that the natural gas demand for hot water heating could be reduced by 56 percent (44 percent heat reclamation and 12 percent solar). The system consists of a 16,500 gallon tube-and-shell wastewater heat recovery subsystem combined with a pass-through 6,528 square foot flat plate Ying Manufacturing Company Model SP4120 solar collector subsystem, a 12,500 gallon fiber glass water storage tank subsystem, pumps, heat exchangers, controls, and associated plumbing. The design output of the solar subsystem is approximately 2.6 x 10/sup 9/ Btu/year. Auxiliary energy is provided by a gas fired low pressure boiler servicing a 4,000 gallon service tank. This project is part of the US Department of Energy's Solar Demonstration Program with DOE sharing $184,841 of the $260,693 construction cost. The system was turned on in July 1977, and acceptance tests completed in September 1977. The demonstration period for this project ends September 2, 1982.
- Research Organization:
- Aratex Services, Inc., Encino, CA (USA)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC01-76CS32384
- OSTI ID:
- 5140240
- Report Number(s):
- DOE/NASA/CR-161537
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION
LAUNDRIES
SOLAR WATER HEATERS
WASTE HEAT UTILIZATION
DEMONSTRATION PROGRAMS
CALIFORNIA
DESIGN
DIAGRAMS
FLAT PLATE COLLECTORS
HEAT EXCHANGERS
HEAT RECOVERY
MAINTENANCE
OPERATION
PERFORMANCE
PLUMBING
TANKS
WASTE HEAT
APPLIANCES
CONTAINERS
ENERGY
ENERGY RECOVERY
ENERGY SOURCES
EQUIPMENT
HEAT
HEATERS
NORTH AMERICA
RECOVERY
SOLAR COLLECTORS
SOLAR EQUIPMENT
USA
WASTE PRODUCT UTILIZATION
WASTES
WATER HEATERS
WESTERN REGION
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320304 - Energy Conservation
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