Solar project description for Loudoun County Vocational Technical Education Center
The solar energy system for the Loudoun County School in Leesburg, Virginia, provides solar preheating of the domestic hot water supply for the Charles S. Monroe Vocational-Technical School. The system utilizes 34 Southwest Ener-Tech collectors with a total gross area of 1225 square feet. The collectors face 15/sup 0/ west of south at a tilt angle of 37/sup 0/ from the horizontal. The collectors are ground mounted in one bank in a courtyard surrounded by a brick wall on the north side of the building. The collectors are piped in parallel with one absorber plate and two framed glazings per collector. A solution of Silicone-based oil is used as the heat transfer medium. The working fluid is heated by the collectors and circulated through a heat exchanger in the 2056 gallon solar storage tank. The preheated water from the solar storage tank is then supplied on demand to a smaller (1000 gallon) storage tank. Additional heat is supplied, if required, by an auxiliary electrical heating element in the smaller storage tank. (MHR)
- Research Organization:
- Mueller Associates, Inc., Baltimore, MD (USA); Ehrenkrantz Group, New York (USA); PRC Energy Analysis Co., McLean, VA (USA)
- OSTI ID:
- 5496217
- Report Number(s):
- SOLAR/2016-79/50
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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140907* -- Solar Thermal Utilization-- Water Heating
APPLIANCES
BUILDINGS
DESIGN
EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES
ELECTRIC HEATING
EQUIPMENT
FLUIDS
GAS APPLIANCES
HEAT TRANSFER FLUIDS
HEATERS
HEATING
SCHOOL BUILDINGS
SOLAR EQUIPMENT
SOLAR HEATING
SOLAR WATER HEATERS
SOLAR WATER HEATING
SPECIFICATIONS
WATER HEATERS