Solar heat collection with suspended metal roofing and whole house ventilation

Conference · Tue Oct 01 00:00:00 EDT 1996

OSTI ID:379840

Maynard, T

A south pitched roof is employed for solar collection directly onto a roofing with chocolate brown color. The roofing is structural and is suspended over plywood decking so as to create an air space which receives input from the coolest and lowest basement air of the house interior. Air heated beneath the metal roofing is returned to a basement storage wall. Full length plenum cavities are formed into the ordinary rafter truss framing--at the knee wall and collar tie spaces. Preliminary testing of BTU gain at known air flows is acquired with a microprocessor system continuously collecting input and output temperatures at the roof collector into disk data files.

• OSTI ID: 379840
• Report Number(s): CONF-960430-; ISBN 0-89553-211-5; TRN: IM9644%%296
• Resource Relation: Conference: 25. American Solar Energy Society conference, Asheville, NC (United States), 13-18 Apr 1996; Other Information: PBD: 1996; Related Information: Is Part Of 21. national passive solar conference: Proceedings. Volume 21; Campbell-Howe, R.; Wilkins-Crowder, B. [eds.]; PB: 438 p.
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION
14 SOLAR ENERGY
PASSIVE SOLAR HEATING SYSTEMS
DESIGN
ROOFS
HEAT GAIN
AIR FLOW
WALLS
SENSIBLE HEAT STORAGE
PERFORMANCE
VENTILATION SYSTEMS
WEATHER
BLOWERS