Results of roof pond heating experiments using the Passive Test Facility for warm, humid climates

Technical Report · Tue Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 1981

OSTI ID:5688632

Loxsom, F M; Olivares, P; Kelly, B; Clark, E; Doderer, E; Haves, P

The Passive Test Facility at Trinity University has been designed to test passive cooling and heating methods in warm, humid climates. During the Winter of 1980-1981, heating experiments were carried out for roof pond systems. These experiments included: roof pond heating with glazed and unglazed water bags, heating roof ponds from below by using reflective blinds in south-facing windows, and direct gain heating with the roof pond used as storage. The data for these experiments is in the form of 5 minute data for 160 sensors. Most of the sensors are thermocouples or heat flux meters. The data is stored on computer tape in the form of 28 different data files for 28 different experiment periods. Preliminary analysis has been carried out.

• Research Organization: Trinity Univ., San Antonio, TX (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC03-79CS30201
• OSTI ID: 5688632
• Report Number(s): DOE/CS/30201-T4; ON: DE82003226
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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14 SOLAR ENERGY
ROOF PONDS
TESTING
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DATA ACQUISITION
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DIRECT GAIN SYSTEMS
E CODES
HEAT TRANSFER
HOURLY VARIATIONS
INFORMATION SYSTEMS
SENSIBLE HEAT STORAGE
SUN SHADES
TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT
THERMOCOUPLES
ENERGY STORAGE
ENERGY SYSTEMS
ENERGY TRANSFER
EQUIPMENT
HEAT STORAGE
HEATING SYSTEMS
MEASURING INSTRUMENTS
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PASSIVE SOLAR HEATING SYSTEMS
PONDS
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SOLAR COOLING SYSTEMS
SOLAR EQUIPMENT
SOLAR HEATING SYSTEMS
SOLAR PONDS
STORAGE
SURFACE WATERS
VARIATIONS
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