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Title: Evaluation of solar collectors for heat pump applications. Final report

Abstract

The study was initiated to evaluate the potential utility of very low cost (possibly unglazed and uninsulated) solar collectors to serve as both heat collection and rejection devices for a liquid source heat pump. The approach consisted of exercising a detailed analytical simulation of the complete heat pump/solar collector/storage system against heating and cooling loads derived for typical single-family residences in eight US cities. The performance of each system was measured against that of a conventional air-to-air heat pump operating against the same loads. In addition to evaluation of solar collector options, the study included consideration of water tanks and buried pipe grids to provide thermal storage. As a supplement to the analytical tasks, the study included an experimental determination of night sky temperature and convective heat transfer coefficients for surfaces with dimensions typical of solar collectors. The experiments were conducted in situ by placing the test apparatus on the roofs of houses in the Denver, Colorado, area. (MHR)

Authors:
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Publication Date:
Research Org.:
American Heliothermal Corp., Denver, CO
OSTI Identifier:
6733085
Report Number(s):
DOE/CS/35351-T1
DOE Contract Number:  
AC04-78CS35351
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
14 SOLAR ENERGY; FLAT PLATE COLLECTORS; COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION; PERFORMANCE; SOLAR COLLECTORS; RADIATIVE COOLING; SOLAR-ASSISTED HEAT PUMPS; UNGLAZED SOLAR COLLECTORS; WATER SOURCE HEAT PUMPS; CONVECTION; COST; HEATING LOAD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; SENSIBLE HEAT STORAGE; WEATHER; AIR CONDITIONERS; COOLING; ENERGY STORAGE; EQUIPMENT; HEAT PUMPS; HEAT STORAGE; HEATING SYSTEMS; SIMULATION; SOLAR AIR CONDITIONERS; SOLAR COOLING SYSTEMS; SOLAR EQUIPMENT; SOLAR HEATING SYSTEMS; STORAGE; 140901* - Solar Thermal Utilization- Space Heating & Cooling; 141000 - Solar Collectors & Concentrators

Citation Formats

Skartvedt, Gary, Pedreyra, Donald, McMordle, Dr., Robert, Kidd, James, Anderson, Jerome, and Jones, Richard. Evaluation of solar collectors for heat pump applications. Final report. United States: N. p., 1980. Web. doi:10.2172/6733085.
Skartvedt, Gary, Pedreyra, Donald, McMordle, Dr., Robert, Kidd, James, Anderson, Jerome, & Jones, Richard. Evaluation of solar collectors for heat pump applications. Final report. United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/6733085
Skartvedt, Gary, Pedreyra, Donald, McMordle, Dr., Robert, Kidd, James, Anderson, Jerome, and Jones, Richard. 1980. "Evaluation of solar collectors for heat pump applications. Final report". United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/6733085. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/6733085.
@article{osti_6733085,
title = {Evaluation of solar collectors for heat pump applications. Final report},
author = {Skartvedt, Gary and Pedreyra, Donald and McMordle, Dr., Robert and Kidd, James and Anderson, Jerome and Jones, Richard},
abstractNote = {The study was initiated to evaluate the potential utility of very low cost (possibly unglazed and uninsulated) solar collectors to serve as both heat collection and rejection devices for a liquid source heat pump. The approach consisted of exercising a detailed analytical simulation of the complete heat pump/solar collector/storage system against heating and cooling loads derived for typical single-family residences in eight US cities. The performance of each system was measured against that of a conventional air-to-air heat pump operating against the same loads. In addition to evaluation of solar collector options, the study included consideration of water tanks and buried pipe grids to provide thermal storage. As a supplement to the analytical tasks, the study included an experimental determination of night sky temperature and convective heat transfer coefficients for surfaces with dimensions typical of solar collectors. The experiments were conducted in situ by placing the test apparatus on the roofs of houses in the Denver, Colorado, area. (MHR)},
doi = {10.2172/6733085},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/6733085}, journal = {},
number = ,
volume = ,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 1980},
month = {Fri Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 1980}
}