Solar energy system performance evaluation update. Karasek Home, Blackstone, Massachusetts, April 1982-May 1983

Technical Report · Sat Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1983

OSTI ID:5390219

Raymond, M G

The Karasek Home is a single family residence in Blackstone, Massachusetts. The active solar energy system is equipped with: 640 square feet of trickle-down liquid flat-plate collectors and a 300-gallon heat storage and 2000-gallon heat storage tanks embedded in a rock bin in the basement. An auxiliary oil-fired (0.5 gph) glass-lined 40-gallon Domestic Hot Water (DHW) tank is provided for DHW and space heating. A wood stove is also used. The system performance factor is 0.86, the COP is 13, and the solar fraction is 46%.

• Research Organization: Vitro Labs., Silver Spring, MD (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC01-79CS30027
• OSTI ID: 5390219
• Report Number(s): SOLAR/1120-83/14; ON: DE84004044
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

14 SOLAR ENERGY
140901* -- Solar Thermal Utilization-- Space Heating & Cooling
140907 -- Solar Thermal Utilization-- Water Heating
AUXILIARY HEATING
BUILDINGS
COEFFICIENT OF PERFORMANCE
CONTAINERS
ENERGY STORAGE
ENERGY SYSTEMS
EQUIPMENT
HEAT STORAGE
HEATING
HEATING SYSTEMS
HOUSES
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS
SENSIBLE HEAT STORAGE
SOLAR EQUIPMENT
SOLAR FRACTION
SOLAR HEATING
SOLAR HEATING SYSTEMS
SOLAR SPACE HEATING
SOLAR WATER HEATING
SPACE HEATING
STORAGE
TANKS
WATER
WATER HEATING