Passive testing at Los Alamos
The testing program directed toward the evaluation of passive solar heating concepts is described. The Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory is monitoring 15 passive solar heated buildings, all in the private sector, and all but one in northern New Mexico. The purpose is to evaluate a wide variety of passive solar heating concepts under similar conditions. The buildings are described, but few results are yet available. Results from passive solar heated test rooms at Los Alamos are presented. Of a total of 14 test rooms, data are presented for nine, for both a sunny day and a cloudy day. These include two water walls; five Trombe walls, one vented and the others unvented, one plain; two with night insulation, Beadwall and night shade; and one with multiple glazings; two direct gain rooms, one plain and one with a three-layer roll-down shade; and an air convective loop. The characteristics of the rooms are described and tentative conclusions are drawn from some of the data.
- Research Organization:
- Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-7405-ENG-36
- OSTI ID:
- 5076419
- Report Number(s):
- LA-UR-78-1158; CONF-780337-3
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 2. national passive solar conference, Philadelphia, PA, USA, 15 Mar 1978
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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