West Chester Work Center Solar Space Heating Demonstration Project. Final technical progress report

Technical Report · Wed Aug 01 04:00:00 EDT 1979

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/5515775· OSTI ID:5515775

An integrated system is described providing solar energy space heating for a 9982 sq ft, newly built, one-story building. Functionally, the building consists of two sections: an office and a storeroom. The office section is heated by solar-assisted water-to-air heat pump units. The storeroom section is heated by an air-handling unit, containing a water-to-air coil. The system design was based on solar energy providing 62% of the heating load, with the balance to be supplied by heat pump power and a back-up electric boiler. The system includes 1900 active (2112 gross) square feet of flat-plate solar collectors, and a 6000 gallon above-ground indoor storage tank. Freeze protection is provided by a gravity drain-down scheme combined with nitrogen pressurization in a closed circuit.

• Research Organization: Bell Telephone Co. of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia (USA)
• OSTI ID: 5515775
• Report Number(s): DOE/CS/4048-4
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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14 SOLAR ENERGY
140901* -- Solar Thermal Utilization-- Space Heating & Cooling
BUILDINGS
CENTRAL REGION
CONTAINERS
COST
DEMONSTRATION PROGRAMS
DESIGN
DRAIN-DOWN SYSTEMS
EFFICIENCY
ELECTRIC HEATING
ENERGY STORAGE
EQUIPMENT
FREEZE PROTECTION
HEAT PUMPS
HEAT STORAGE
HEATING
HEATING SYSTEMS
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
NORTH AMERICA
OFFICE BUILDINGS
OPERATION
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PENNSYLVANIA
PERFORMANCE
RELIABILITY
SENSIBLE HEAT STORAGE
SOLAR EQUIPMENT
SOLAR HEATING
SOLAR HEATING SYSTEMS
SOLAR SPACE HEATING
SPACE HEATING
STORAGE
TANKS
USA
WATER