Developing, testing, evaluating and optimizing solar heating and cooling systems

Technical Report · Fri Nov 01 00:00:00 EST 1991

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/6020296· OSTI ID:6020296

The objective is to develop and test various integrated solar heating, cooling and domestic hot water systems, and to evaluate their performance. Systems composed of new, as well a previously tested, components are carefully integrated so that effects of new components on system performance can be clearly delineated. The SEAL-DOE program includes six tasks which have received funding for the 1991--1992 fifteen-month period. These include: (1) a project employing isothermal operation of air and liquid solar space hearing systems, (2) a project to build and test several generic solar water heaters, (3) a project that will evaluate advanced solar domestic hot water components and concepts and integrate them into solar domestic hot water systems, (4) a liquid desiccant cooling system development project, (5) a project that will perform system modeling and analysis work on solid desiccant cooling systems research, and (6) a management task. The objectives and progress in each task are described in this report. 6 figs., 2 tabs.

• Research Organization: Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO (United States). Solar Energy Applications Lab.
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE; USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: FG03-86SF16306
• OSTI ID: 6020296
• Report Number(s): DOE/SF/16306-31; ON: DE92004644
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

14 SOLAR ENERGY
SOLAR WATER HEATERS
OPTIMIZATION
PERFORMANCE TESTING
SPACE HEATERS
COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION
DESICCANTS
EVAPORATIVE COOLING
HEAT EXCHANGERS
PROGRESS REPORT
SPACE HEATING
APPLIANCES
COOLING
DOCUMENT TYPES
EQUIPMENT
HEATERS
HEATING
SIMULATION
SOLAR EQUIPMENT
TESTING
WATER HEATERS
140907* - Solar Thermal Utilization- Water Heating
140901 - Solar Thermal Utilization- Space Heating & Cooling