West Chester Work Center: solar space heating demonstration project

Technical Report · Tue May 01 04:00:00 EDT 1979

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/5717513· OSTI ID:5717513

This document reports on the construction stage of a solar space heating demonstration project. It describes an integrated system providing solar energy space heating for a 9982 sq. ft., newly built, one-story building. The building is located at 966 Matlack Street, West Goshen Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania. 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. Solar energy is expected to provide 62% of the heating load, with the balance provided by 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: 5717513
• Report Number(s): DOE/CS/4048-2; COO-4048-2
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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