Solar energy facility at North Hampton Recreation Center, Dallas, Texas. Final report
The solar energy system is installed in a single story (two heights), 16,000 sq ft building enclosing a gymnasium, locker area, and health care clinic surrounded by a recreational area and athletic field. The solar energy system is designed to provide 80 percent of the annual space heating, 48 percent of the annual space cooling, and 90 percent of the domestic hot water requirements. The solar energy system includes a 238 single glazed flat plate, 3650 sq ft area collector subsystem, a 6000 gallon hot water storage subsystem, a domestic hot water preheat subsystem, an absorption chiller subsystem with a 2000 gallon tank chilled water storage subsystem. The auxiliary back up system is a gas-fired boiler and a conventional 100 gallon natural gas water heater provides any additional energy to satisfy hot water load requirements. A summary of project information, project chronology, project costs, the five modes of system operation, description of the Site Data Acquisition System, system performance summary, experience recommendations, system operational verification, drawings and major component manufacturers information are provided.
- Research Organization:
- Travis-Braun and Associates, Inc., Dallas, TX (USA)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC01-76CS32543; AI01-76CS31024
- OSTI ID:
- 5322669
- Report Number(s):
- DOE/NASA/CR-161444
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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