Solar Energy System Performance Evaluation. Albuquerque Western No. 1, Albuquerque, New Mexico, October 1978-March 1979
The Albuquerque Western site is a four-story, 110-unit apartment building in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The solar energy system consists of two independently controlled systems: one system serves domestic hot water (DHW) preheating needs, the other serves to preheat hot water used in space heating. Only the DHW system is described in this report. The solar energy system has an array of tracking collectors with a gross area of 1782 square feet. The array faces south at an angle of 35 degrees to the horizontal. Water is the transfer medium that delivers solar energy from the collector array to storage. Solar energy is stored in a 2000-gallon wooden tank that contains a plastic liner. The DHW is continuously circulated throughout the building. When solar energy is insufficient to satisfy the hot water energy requirements, auxiliary heating is provided by an inline gas-fired boiler. An operational summary of the performance of the system for the period October 1978 through March 1979 is presented. (WHK)
- Research Organization:
- International Business Machines Corp., Gaithersburg, MD (USA)
- DOE Contract Number:
- EG-77-C-01-4049
- OSTI ID:
- 5746481
- Report Number(s):
- SOLAR/1011-79/14
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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