Model for early solar energy education. Final report
The sixth grade students at Travis Elementary School in Odessa, Texas built a solar energy system that heats the water for their classroom sink and provides about 50% of the space heating in their room. The students built a bank system of four 3' x 10' plate collectors and installed them on the roof of their school with a piping system flowing to a 218 gallon water storage container located within the classroom. A heat exchanger in the storage tank discharges hot water directly to a faucet in the classroom. To provide heat to the classroom a pump draws heated water through a piping system to a hydronic coil. A blower fan draws room air over the hot coils to heat the room. Eutectic salts in plastic containers are used in the storage tank to maintain the temperature of the heated water. Sensors are integrated into the system at the storage tank and collectors to automatically turn the system on and off. Besides developing vocational, mathematic, and scientific skills, the sixth grade students developed communication skills by presenting the project to various organizations and schools in the community.
- Research Organization:
- Travis Elementary School, Odessa, TX (USA)
- DOE Contract Number:
- FG46-80R612051
- OSTI ID:
- 5644296
- Report Number(s):
- DOE/R6/12051-T1; ON: DE84002967
- 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
APPLIANCES
BUILDINGS
CONSTRUCTION
EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES
ENERGY SYSTEMS
EQUIPMENT
EUTECTICS
FLAT PLATE COLLECTORS
HEATERS
HEATING
HEATING SYSTEMS
MATERIALS
PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS
SALTS
SCHOOL BUILDINGS
SOLAR COLLECTORS
SOLAR EQUIPMENT
SOLAR HEATING
SOLAR HEATING SYSTEMS
SOLAR SPACE HEATING
SOLAR WATER HEATERS
SOLAR WATER HEATING
SPACE HEATING
WATER HEATERS
WATER HEATING