Solar cooling projects

Journal Article · Fri Jun 01 04:00:00 EDT 1979 · Sol. Eng. Mag.; (United States)

OSTI ID:5496299

Four large scale solar cooling systems presently in operation are briefly described. A store in West Corvina, CA, has 14 solar collectors and a 285 gal storage tank controlled by a Honeywell thermostat. The $17,000 solar cooling system has an expected payback of 10 years. The 608,000 ft/sup 2/ Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago receives about 12% of its cooling from a system of 7,072 ft/sup 2/ of evacuated tube collectors and a 112 ton absorption water chiller. The system, which is only shut down one day a year, cost $728,330. A bank headquarters in Auburn, CA, is cooled by a system which incorporates 2,368 ft/sup 2/ of flat plate collectors, 1,456 ft/sup 2/ of reflectors, 14,000 gal storage, an absorption chiller unit, an air handling unit, and a heat purging unit to prevent overheating in the storage tanks. The system is expected to provide 80% of the heat, 98% of the cooling, and 100% of the domestic hot water, the cost was $132,775. The Gainesville, FL, airport terminal is cooled by a 450 ton lithium bromide absorption chiller in operation with 16,000 ft/sup 2/ of single glazed flat plate collectors and multizone air handlers. The system cost $449,000 and has an expected payback of 13 years.

• OSTI ID: 5496299
• Journal Information: Sol. Eng. Mag.; (United States), Journal Name: Sol. Eng. Mag.; (United States) Vol. 4:6; ISSN SENMD
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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14 SOLAR ENERGY
140901* -- Solar Thermal Utilization-- Space Heating & Cooling
AIR CONDITIONING
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EVACUATED COLLECTORS
EVACUATED TUBE COLLECTORS
FLAT PLATE COLLECTORS
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