South Bridge Tower, New York, New York: solar-energy-system performance evaluation, January 1981 through February 1982

Technical Report · Fri Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1982

OSTI ID:5053688

Howard, B D

The South Bridge Tower site is a cooperative housing complex in New York City whose active solar energy system is designed to supply 24% of the hot water load. The system consists of 3742 square feet of flat plate collectors and a 3750-gallon, site-built, roof-mounted tank. Auxiliary heating is purchased low pressure steam. The measured solar fraction was only 7% due to larger-than-expected hot water demand. Monthly performance data are tabulated for the overall system, storage subsystem, collector subsystem, and domestic hot water subsystem. Also tabulated are the monthly operating energies. Typical system operation is illustrated by graphs of temperatures at different parts of the tank, collector flow, water consumption, etc. vs. time for a typical day. Also a typical system operating sequence and the solar energy utilization and heat losses are graphed. (LEW)

• Research Organization: Automation Industries, Inc., Silver Spring, MD (USA). Vitro Labs. Div.
• DOE Contract Number: AC01-79CS30027
• OSTI ID: 5053688
• Report Number(s): SOLAR/1101-82/14; ON: DE82021700
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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140907* -- Solar Thermal Utilization-- Water Heating
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CONTAINERS
DATA
ENERGY CONSUMPTION
ENERGY LOSSES
ENERGY SYSTEMS
EQUIPMENT
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LOSSES
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NEW YORK CITY
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NUMERICAL DATA
OPERATION
PERFORMANCE
RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS
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SOLAR EQUIPMENT
SOLAR FRACTION
SOLAR WATER HEATERS
SPACE HEATING
STEAM SYSTEMS
TANKS
TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION
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