Solar project description for first manufactured homes, house No. 9, Single family residence, Lubbock, Texas

Technical Report · Mon Mar 08 04:00:00 EST 1982

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/5284582· OSTI ID:5284582

After a brief list of general characteristics of the site, the design of the First Manufactured Home, House No. 9 solar energy system is described as are the major subsystems - collector, storage, energy to load, and auxiliary. The system is designed to provide solar energy for space heating and to preheat domestic hot water. A 228 sq. ft. array of mine flat-plate solar air heaters delivers heat to a storage bin containing 20,250 pounds of rock. Warm air may be circulated to the heated space either from storage or directly from the collectors. An air-to-liquid heat exchanger is used to heat domestic water in an 82-gallon preheat tank. Auxiliary space and water heating are electrical. Operation of the solar system and the auxiliary subsystems may involve one or more of five operating modes: collector-to-storage; direct solar-to-space heating; storage-to-space heating; preheating domestic hot water; and auxiliary space heating. The system's performance evaluation instrumentation is described briefly and the instruments are listed. Original cost estimates for provisioning and installation of the solar system, excluding the cost of instrumentation, are given. (LEW)

• Research Organization: Boeing Aerospace Co., Seattle, WA (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AB01-76CS31020
• OSTI ID: 5284582
• Report Number(s): SOLAR/1047-82/50; ON: DE82012452
• 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
AIR HEATERS
APPLIANCES
BUILDINGS
COST
DESIGN
ENERGY STORAGE
ENERGY SYSTEMS
EQUIPMENT
FLAT PLATE COLLECTORS
HEAT EXCHANGERS
HEAT STORAGE
HEATERS
HEATING
HEATING SYSTEMS
HOUSES
OPERATION
PERFORMANCE TESTING
RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS
ROCK BEDS
SENSIBLE HEAT STORAGE
SOLAR AIR HEATERS
SOLAR COLLECTORS
SOLAR EQUIPMENT
SOLAR HEATING
SOLAR HEATING SYSTEMS
SOLAR SPACE HEATING
SOLAR WATER HEATERS
SOLAR WATER HEATING
SPACE HEATING
STORAGE
TESTING
WATER HEATERS
WATER HEATING