Site selection and preliminary evaluation of potential solar-industrial-process-heat applications for federal buildings in Texas

Technical Report · Tue Sep 30 00:00:00 EDT 1980

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/5283918· OSTI ID:5283918

Branz, M A

The potential for solr process heat applications for federal buildings in Texas is assessed. The three sites considered are Reese Air Force Base, Lubbock; Fort Bliss, El Paso; and Dyess Air Force Base, Abilene. The application at Lubbock is an electroplating and descaling facility for aircraft maintenance. The one at El Paso is a laundry facility. The Abilene system would use solar heat to preheat boiler feedwater makeup for the base hospital boiler plant. The Lubbock site is found to be the most appropriate one for a demonstration plant, with the Abilene site as an alternate. The processes at each site are described. A preliminary evaluation of the potential contribution by solar energy to the electroplating facility at Reese AFB is included. (LEW)

• Research Organization: Southern Solar Energy Center, Atlanta, GA (USA)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-79CS30166
• OSTI ID: 5283918
• Report Number(s): SSEC/TP-43161; ON: DE82009480
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

14 SOLAR ENERGY
MILITARY FACILITIES
SOLAR PROCESS HEAT
SITE SELECTION
BOILERS
DESCALING
ELECTROPLATING
FEDERAL BUILDINGS
LAUNDRIES
TEXAS
THERMAL ANALYSIS
BUILDINGS
DEPOSITION
ELECTRODEPOSITION
ELECTROLYSIS
ENERGY
FEDERAL REGION VI
HEAT
LYSIS
NORTH AMERICA
PLATING
PROCESS HEAT
SURFACE COATING
SURFACE FINISHING
USA
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