Solar project description for Area Health Education Center
The solar energy system provides space heating and hot water for the 65,000 square foot, six story educational building in Charlotte, North Carolina, owned by the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Hospital Authority. The building is used for medical research and teaching by health care personnel, and has a library, classrooms, and offices. The 171 aluminum flat plate collectors face south at a 35/sup 0/ angle to the horizontal and have a single LEXAN polycarbonate glazing. The 4020 ft/sup 2/ (gross area) of collectors were manufactured by the General Electric Company. Solar heated water for use in space heating and service water is stored in an underground 6000 gallon hot water tank. Overheat protection is provided by a heat rejector system on the penthouse. Freeze protection is provided by a 50% aqueous solution of ethylene glycol in the piping loop to the solar collectors. Space heating can be provided by circulating the antifreeze solution directly to an air handling unit from the collectors or from a storage loop heat exchanger. A 240 kW electric resistance coil in the air handling unit is used for any additional heating required. (MHR)
- Research Organization:
- Mueller Associates, Inc., Baltimore, MD (USA); Ehrenkrantz Group, New York (USA); PRC Energy Analysis Co., McLean, VA (USA)
- OSTI ID:
- 5496360
- Report Number(s):
- SOLAR/2010-79/50
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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Related Subjects
140901* -- Solar Thermal Utilization-- Space Heating & Cooling
140907 -- Solar Thermal Utilization-- Water Heating
ANTIFREEZE
BUILDINGS
CONTAINERS
DESIGN
EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES
ENERGY STORAGE
EQUIPMENT
FLAT PLATE COLLECTORS
HEAT STORAGE
HEATING
HEATING SYSTEMS
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
RETROFITTING
SCHOOL BUILDINGS
SENSIBLE HEAT STORAGE
SOLAR COLLECTORS
SOLAR EQUIPMENT
SOLAR HEATING
SOLAR HEATING SYSTEMS
SOLAR SPACE HEATING
SOLAR WATER HEATING
SPACE HEATING
SPECIFICATIONS
STORAGE
TANKS
WATER