Monitoring of the performance of a solar heated and cooled apartment building. Final report
An all-electric apartment building in Texas was retrofitted for solar heating and cooling and hot water. The system consists of an array of 1280 square feet of Northrup concentrating tracking collectors, a 5000-gallon hot water storage vessel, a 500-gallon chilled water storage vessel, a 25-ton Arkla Industries absorption chiller, and a two-pipe hydronic air conditioning system. The solar air conditioning equipment is installed in parallel with the existing conventional electric heating and cooling system, and the solar domestic water heating serves as preheat to the existing electric water heaters. The system was fully instrumented for monitoring. Detailed descriptions are given of the solar system, the performance monitoring system, and the data reduction processes. Results are presented and discussed. (WHK)
- Research Organization:
- Texas Univ., Austin (USA). Center for Energy Studies
- OSTI ID:
- 5438934
- Report Number(s):
- DSE-5235-T1
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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