Solar Project Description for Sir Galahad Company, single family residence, Virginia Beach, Virginia

Technical Report · Fri Jul 20 04:00:00 EDT 1979

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/5304571· OSTI ID:5304571

The Sir Galahad Company solar energy system is installed in a single story, 1604 square-foot, conditioned area, three bedroom single family dwelling located in Virginia Beach, Virginia. The system is designed to provide solar energy for space heating, and domestic hot water heating. Solar energy is collected by an array of double glazed flat plate collectors with a gross area of 640 square feet. The collector array is mounted on the roof of the house and faces south at an angle of 45 degrees to the horizontal to optimize solar energy collection. Solar energy is transferred from the collector array to a 1500 gallon above ground storage tank. Water is used as the heat collection, transfer and storage medium. Freeze protection is provided by means of circulation of hot water from storage through the collectors. Anti-freeze additive is required. Space heating demands are met by circulating hot water from storage through air heating coils in an air distribution system located in the house. Auxiliary space heating is provided by a heat pump and electric heater strips. Solar energy for preheating domestic hot water is provided by circulating water from the solar storage tank through a water to water heat exchanger located solar storage tank. The dwelling has been fully instrumented for performance evaluation since October 1978 and the data is integrated into the National Solar Data Network. Original cost estimates for provisioning and installation of the solar system are given. However, the final solar system cost and the cost of its instrumentation are not included in this report.

• Research Organization: Boeing Co., Seattle, WA (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: EX-76-A-29-1020
• OSTI ID: 5304571
• Report Number(s): SOLAR/1028-79/50
• 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
ANTIFREEZE
APPLIANCES
BUILDINGS
CENTRAL REGION
CONTAINERS
COST
DESIGN
ENERGY STORAGE
EQUIPMENT
FLAT PLATE COLLECTORS
GAS APPLIANCES
HEAT STORAGE
HEATERS
HEATING
HEATING SYSTEMS
HOUSES
NORTH AMERICA
PERFORMANCE
RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS
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
USA
VIRGINIA
WATER HEATERS