Solar site test module. [DOE/NASA solar heating and cooling demonstration installations]

Technical Report · Tue Jul 01 04:00:00 EDT 1980

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/5198771· OSTI ID:5198771

Kissel, R. R.; Scott, D. R.

A solar site test module using the Rockwell AIM 65 micro-computer is described. The module is designed to work at any site where an IBM site data acquisition system (SDAS) is installed and is intended primarily as a troubleshooting tool for DOE/NASA commercial solar heating and cooling system demonstration installations. It collects sensor information (temperatures, flow rates, etc.) and displays or prints it immediately in calibrated engineering units. It will read one sensor on demand, periodically read up to 10 sensors or periodically read all sensors. Performance calculations can also be included with sensor data. Unattended operation is possible to, e.g., monitor a group of sensors once per hour. Work is underway to add a data acquisition system to the test module so that it can be used at sites which have no SDAS.

• Research Organization: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Huntsville, AL (USA). George C. Marshall Space Flight Center
• DOE Contract Number: AI01-76CS31037
• OSTI ID: 5198771
• Report Number(s): DOE/NASA/TM-78291
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

14 SOLAR ENERGY
140901* -- Solar Thermal Utilization-- Space Heating & Cooling
BUILDINGS
COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS
COMPUTER CODES
DATA ACQUISITION SYSTEMS
DISPLAY DEVICES
EQUIPMENT
EQUIPMENT INTERFACES
FLOW RATE
HEATING SYSTEMS
MEASURING INSTRUMENTS
MICROPROCESSORS
MONITORING
PROGRAMMING
RECORDING SYSTEMS
SOLAR COOLING SYSTEMS
SOLAR EQUIPMENT
SOLAR HEATING SYSTEMS
TEMPERATURE MONITORING