Solar project description for the College Houses student co-op apartments, Austin, Texas

Technical Report · Thu Jul 10 04:00:00 EDT 1980

OSTI ID:5232274

The College Houses solar energy system (Grant H-2771) is installed in an 80 unit low-rise student apartment located in Austin, Texas. The system is designed to provide solar energy for space heating, cooling, and preheating domestic hot water. Solar energy is collected by 228 collector panels occupying a gross area of 2280 square feet. The collector banks are mounted on the roof of the building and automatically track the sun for optimizing solar energy collection. Solar energy is transferred from the collector array to a 6,000 gallon storage tank. Water is used as the heat collection, transfer and storage medium. Freeze protection is provided by an air-bleed drain down system. Space heating demands are met by circulating water from storage through heat exchangers in the air distribution system of the house. Auxiliary space heating is provided by a boiler. The system has been fully instrumented for performance evaluation since October 1, 1977 and the data is integrated into the National Solar Data Network. Original cost estimates for provisioning and installation of the solar system are given. The final solar system cost and the cost of its instrumentation are not included.

• Research Organization: Boeing Co., Seattle, WA (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AB01-76CS31020
• OSTI ID: 5232274
• Report Number(s): SOLAR/1024-80/50
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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14 SOLAR ENERGY
140901* -- Solar Thermal Utilization-- Space Heating & Cooling
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ABSORPTION REFRIGERATION CYCLE
AIR CONDITIONERS
AIR CONDITIONING
APARTMENT BUILDINGS
APPLIANCES
BUILDINGS
CONCENTRATING COLLECTORS
CONTAINERS
COOLING TOWERS
DEMONSTRATION PROGRAMS
DESIGN
DRAIN-DOWN SYSTEMS
ENERGY STORAGE
EQUIPMENT
FRESNEL LENS
HEAT STORAGE
HEATERS
HEATING
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LENSES
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RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS
SENSIBLE HEAT STORAGE
SOLAR AIR CONDITIONERS
SOLAR AIR CONDITIONING
SOLAR COLLECTORS
SOLAR COOLING SYSTEMS
SOLAR EQUIPMENT
SOLAR HEATING
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