Solar hot water system installed at Days Inn Motel, Dallas, Texas (Valley View)

Technical Report · Mon Sep 01 04:00:00 EDT 1980

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/5050919· OSTI ID:5050919

The solar hot water system installed in the Days Inns of America, Inc., Days Inn Motel (120 rooms), I-35/2276 Valley View Lane, Dallas, Texas is described. The solar system was designed by ILI Incorporated to provide 65 percent of the total domestic hot water (DHW) demand. The Solar Energy Products, model CU-30WW liquid (water) flat plate collector (1000 square feet) system automatically drains into the 1000 gallon steel storage tank when the solar pump is not running. This system is one of eleven systems planned. Heat is transferred from the DHW tanks through a shell and tube heat exchanger. A circulating pump between the DHW tanks and heat exchanger enables solar heated water to help make up standby losses. All pumps are controlled by differential temperature controllers. The operation of this system was begun March 11, 1980. The solar components were partly funded ($15,000 of 30,000 cost) by a Department of Energy grant.

• Research Organization: Day's Inn of America, Inc., Atlanta, GA (USA)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: FG01-77CS31632
• OSTI ID: 5050919
• Report Number(s): DOE/NASA/CR-161570
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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