King Saud University stand alone solar house

Conference · Mon Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 1983 · Proc., Intersoc. Energy Convers. Eng. Conf.; (United States)

OSTI ID:5061453

Sofrata, H

Design features and project objectives of the King Saud University stand alone solar house are discussed in this paper. This experimental building utilizes a solar water heating system which consists of four flat plate solar collectors. The air conditioning system consists of two thermoelectric units with air heat exchangers on both cold and hot sides. An evaporative cooler is also used with 1200 cfm air flow along with a thermoelectric refrigerator. The objectives of this project are to study the possibility of using solar energy to provide the energy demand of local office buildings, to assess possible mass market applications of solar systems, to correctly estimate the relative performance of the various sub-systems and to improve the simplified computer model using a modified TRANSYS simulation program.

• Research Organization: King Saud University
• OSTI ID: 5061453
• Report Number(s): CONF-830812-
• Journal Information: Proc., Intersoc. Energy Convers. Eng. Conf.; (United States), Vol. 5; Conference: 18. intersociety energy conversion engineering conference, Orlando, FL, USA, 21 Aug 1983
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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14 SOLAR ENERGY
32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION
OFFICE BUILDINGS
SOLAR ARCHITECTURE
FEASIBILITY STUDIES
BLOWERS
COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION
DESIGN
DIRECT CURRENT
ELECTRIC MOTORS
ELECTRIC POTENTIAL
ENERGY DEMAND
EVAPORATIVE COOLING
EXPANSION
FLAT PLATE COLLECTORS
FLOW RATE
INCIDENCE ANGLE
LIGHTING SYSTEMS
MARKET
METEOROLOGY
MONITORING
PERFORMANCE TESTING
PHOTOVOLTAIC POWER SUPPLIES
RESEARCH PROGRAMS
SAUDI ARABIA
SOLAR AIR CONDITIONERS
SOLAR HEATING SYSTEMS
SOLAR RADIATION
SOLAR WATER HEATING
T CODES
THERMOELECTRIC REFRIGERATORS
AIR CONDITIONERS
ARCHITECTURE
ASIA
BUILDINGS
COMPUTER CODES
COOLING
CURRENTS
DEMAND
DIRECT ENERGY CONVERTERS
ELECTRIC CURRENTS
ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT
ENERGY SYSTEMS
EQUIPMENT
HEATING
HEATING SYSTEMS
MOTORS
POWER SUPPLIES
RADIATIONS
REFRIGERATORS
SIMULATION
SOLAR COLLECTORS
SOLAR COOLING SYSTEMS
SOLAR EQUIPMENT
SOLAR HEATING
STELLAR RADIATION
TESTING
WATER HEATING
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