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Title: Solar heating and domestic hot water system installed at North Dallas High School. Final report

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/5170575· OSTI ID:5170575

This Document is the Final Technical Report of the Solar Energy System located at the North Dallas High School, Dallas, Texas. The system is designed as a retrofit in a three story with basement, concrete frame high school building. The building was air conditioned with an electric drive 300-ton chilled water central system in 1973. The building contains 126,000 square feet and the solar energy system will preheat 100 percent of domestic hot water and supply 47.5 percent of annual building heating requirements. During the building cooling seasons, the solar energy system will supply 100 percent of domestic hot water. The solar energy system consists of 4800 square feet (320 panels) Lennox/Honeywell flat plate liquid collector subsystem, and a 10,000 gallon steel tank storage subsystem circulating hot water producing 686.6 x 10/sup 6/ Btu/year (specified) building heating and domestic hot water heating. The start up date is December 4, 1979. Extracts from the site files, specification references for solar modification to existing building heating and domestic hot water systems, drawings, installation, operation and maintenance instructions are presented.

Research Organization:
Dallas Independent School District, TX (USA). Office of the General Superintendent
DOE Contract Number:
FC01-78CS35204
OSTI ID:
5170575
Report Number(s):
DOE/NASA/CR-161482
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English