Solar heating and hot water system installed at office building, One Solar Place, Dallas, Texas. Final report
This document is the Final Report of the Solar Energy System Installed at the First Solar Heated Office Building, One Solar Place, Dallas, Texas. The Solar System was designed to provide 87 percent of the space heating needs, 100 percent of the potable hot water needs and is sized for future absorption cooling. The collection subsystem consists of 28 Solargenics, series 76, flat plate collectors with a total area of 1596 square feet. The solar loop circulates an ethylene glycol-water solution through the collectors into a hot water system heat exchanger. The hot water storage subsystem consists of a heat exchanger, two 2300 gallon concrete hot water storage tanks with built in heat exchangers and a back-up electric boiler. The domestic hot water subsystem sends hot water to the 10,200 square feet floor area office building hot water fixtures. The building cold water system provides make-up to the solar loop, the heating loop, and the hot water concrete storage tanks. The design, construction, cost analysis, operation and maintenance of the solar system are described. The system became operational July 11, 1979.
- Research Organization:
- Travis-Braun and Associates, Inc., Dallas, TX (USA)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AB01-77CS34093
- OSTI ID:
- 5320813
- Report Number(s):
- DOE/NASA/CR-161483
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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