Solar project description for Billings Shipping Corporation

Technical Report · Sun Jul 01 04:00:00 EDT 1979

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/5628809· OSTI ID:5628809

The solar energy system at Billings Shipping Corporation in Billings, Montana utilizes 1980 square feet of Lennox flat plate collectors to supply a portion of the heating requirements for a 4900 square foot office portion of a 43,900 square foot building in Billings, Montana. The system uses a 50% propylene glycol and water solution as the heat transfer medium. The storage system consists of a 2500 gallon steel hot water storage tank, buried approximately five feet below the ground. The tank is insulated with two inches of molded polystyrene beadboard and covered with a six mil polyfilm sheet. Space heating is provided by circulating hot water from storage, or directly from the collectors via the heat exchanger, to a unit space heating coil in the air handling unit. Auxiliary heating is provided by a gas-fired hot water boiler which supplies hot water to a heating coil in series with and downstream of the solar heating coil. The solar energy system has been fully instrumented for performance evaluation and integrated into the National Solar Data Network. (MHR)

• Research Organization: Mueller Associates, Inc., Baltimore, MD (USA); Ehrenkrantz Group, New York (USA); PRC Energy Analysis Co., McLean, VA (USA)
• OSTI ID: 5628809
• Report Number(s): SOLAR/2066-79/50
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

14 SOLAR ENERGY
140901* -- Solar Thermal Utilization-- Space Heating & Cooling
ANTIFREEZE
BUILDINGS
COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS
CONTAINERS
DESIGN
ENERGY STORAGE
EQUIPMENT
FLAT PLATE COLLECTORS
HEAT STORAGE
HEATING
HEATING SYSTEMS
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
OPERATION
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PERFORMANCE
SENSIBLE HEAT STORAGE
SOLAR COLLECTORS
SOLAR EQUIPMENT
SOLAR HEATING
SOLAR HEATING SYSTEMS
SOLAR SPACE HEATING
SPACE HEATING
STORAGE
TANKS
WATER