Solar heating and hot water system installed at St. Louis, Missouri. Final report

Technical Report · Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 EST 1980

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/5385772· OSTI ID:5385772

Information is provided on the solar heating and hot water system installed at the William Tao and Associates, Inc., office building in St. Louis, Missouri. The information consists of description, photos, maintenance and construction problems, final drawing, system requirements and manufacturer's component data. The solar system was designed to provide 50% of the hot water requirements and 45% of the space heating needs for a 900 square foot office space and drafting room. The solar facility has 252 square foot of glass tube concentrator collectors and a 1000 gallon steel storage tank buried below a concrete slab floor. Freeze protection is provided by a propylene glycol/water mixture in the collector loop. The collectors are roof mounted on a variable tilt array which is adjusted seasonally and is connected to the solar thermal storage tank by a tube-in-shell heat exchanger. Incoming city water is preheated through the solar energy thermal storage tank.

• Research Organization: Tao (William) and Associates, St. Louis, MO (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: EG-77-G-01-4085; EX-76-A-29-1024
• OSTI ID: 5385772
• Report Number(s): DOE/NASA/CR-161420
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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