Solar project description for Perl-Mack Enterprises' single family residences, Denver, Colorado

Technical Report · Tue Aug 21 04:00:00 EDT 1979

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/5515605· OSTI ID:5515605

The Perl-Mack Enterprises Co. solar energy system(s) are installed in a total of 25 single family dwellings located in Denver, Colorado. The 25 dwellings are of three different configurations. Two of the twenty-five dwellings have been fully instrumented for performance monitoring and evaluation since September 1977. All the solar systems are designed to provide approximately 69 percent of the space heating and energy requirements for each dwelling. Solar energy is collected by an array of flat plate collectors having a gross area of 470 square feet. A water-glycol mixture is used as the medium for delivering solar heat from the collection to the storage tank. The storage tank has a total capacity of 945 gallons. A liquid-to-liquid heat exchanger, within the storage tank, transfers the stored heat from the transfer medium to the domestic hot water tank of the house. Space heating demands are met by circulating heated water/glycol mixture from the storage tank through the heat exchanger coil installed downstream from the auxiliary furnace blower. The auxiliary gas-fired furnace is activated whenever room thermostat demands heat.

• Research Organization: Boeing Aerospace Co., Seattle, WA (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: EG-77-C-01-4049
• OSTI ID: 5515605
• Report Number(s): SOLAR/1015-79/50
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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14 SOLAR ENERGY
140901* -- Solar Thermal Utilization-- Space Heating & Cooling
140907 -- Solar Thermal Utilization-- Water Heating
APPLIANCES
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DATA
DEMONSTRATION PROGRAMS
EQUIPMENT
EXPERIMENTAL DATA
FLAT PLATE COLLECTORS
GAS APPLIANCES
HEATERS
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NUMERICAL DATA
RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS
ROCKY MOUNTAIN REGION
SOLAR COLLECTORS
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SOLAR HEATING
SOLAR HEATING SYSTEMS
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