Nighttime use of flat plate type solar energy collectors as a heat sink in ''solar assisted heat pump'' systems, a preliminary analysis

Technical Report · Tue Sep 09 00:00:00 EDT 1975

OSTI ID:5071332

Cottingham, J G; Wilhelm, W G

In the cooling mode ''solar assisted heat pump'' systems pump heat from the building to a heat sink, usually an evaporative cooler. This component can be eliminated, if the flat plate solar energy collector, not otherwise used in this mode, could be used as a nighttime heat sink. This possibility is analyzed and found feasible for the climatic conditions found on Long Island, New York. (auth)

• Research Organization: Brookhaven National Lab., Upton, N.Y. (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: EY-76-C-02-0016
• OSTI ID: 5071332
• Report Number(s): BNL-20479
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION
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HEAT PUMPS
HEAT SINKS
SOLAR COLLECTORS
RADIANT HEAT TRANSFER
AIR CONDITIONING
ENERGY TRANSFER
HEAT EXCHANGERS
HEAT TRANSFER
140901* - Solar Thermal Utilization- Space Heating & Cooling
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Consumption
& Utilization- Residential Buildings- (-1987)