Solar Energy System performance evaluation: seasonal report for Colt Pueblo, Pueblo, Colorado

Technical Report · Sun Jun 01 04:00:00 EDT 1980

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/5196768· OSTI ID:5196768

The Colt Pueblo Solar Energy System was designed to provide space heating and hot water preheating for the US Department of Transportation Test Center at Pueblo, Colorado. The system consists of 583 square feet of Colt A-151 series flat plate liquid collectors, a petroleum-base thermal energy transport fluid, an 1100 gallon water-filled solar energy storage tank, pumps, heat exchangers, controls and associated plumbing. Cold water passes through a liquid-to-liquid heat exchanger internal to the solar energy storage tank to preheat the water supplied to a 30 gallon electric hot water tank. A parallel circulation loop also operates to transfer solar generated heat to the hot water tank. Solar Energy System piping is protected from freezing with heat tapes. There are five modes of system operation. (MHR)

• Research Organization: International Business Machines Corp., Huntsville, AL (USA). Federal Systems Div.
• DOE Contract Number: AI01-76CS31037
• OSTI ID: 5196768
• Report Number(s): DOE/NASA/CR-161493
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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14 SOLAR ENERGY
140901* -- Solar Thermal Utilization-- Space Heating & Cooling
140907 -- Solar Thermal Utilization-- Water Heating
APPLIANCES
BUILDINGS
COLORADO
CONTAINERS
CONTROL EQUIPMENT
ENERGY STORAGE
EQUIPMENT
FLAT PLATE COLLECTORS
FLUIDS
FREEZE PROTECTION
HEAT EXCHANGERS
HEAT STORAGE
HEAT TRANSFER FLUIDS
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HEATING
HEATING SYSTEMS
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
NORTH AMERICA
PERFORMANCE
PUMPS
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SENSIBLE HEAT STORAGE
SOLAR COLLECTORS
SOLAR EQUIPMENT
SOLAR HEATING
SOLAR HEATING SYSTEMS
SOLAR SPACE HEATING
SOLAR WATER HEATERS
SOLAR WATER HEATING
SPACE HEATING
STORAGE
TANKS
TEST FACILITIES
US DOT
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