Integral collector and storage - solar system. Final report

Technical Report · Fri Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1982

OSTI ID:5753277

The project is the Design and Construction of a Hot Air Solar Space Heating System that will provide heat for a facility in which operating hours (and subsequently peak heating loads) occur during the day when solar gain is available. The system operation consists primarily of utilizing the conventional system heat pump air handler to circulate the building air through a hot air solar collector by way of by-passing the conventional return air ducts. The building air is heated in the collector and circulates to the return air side of the air handler and is distributed back into the building through the conventional system supply ducts. The job built hot air collector construction includes concrete providing a thermal lag capacity that will extend the solar participation and provide heat beyond the period of solar gain. By incorporating an element of heat storage as a part of the collector, the air will not be overheated during times of peak collection and heated air will be available to the building into the late afternoon and evening.

• Research Organization: Saint Nicholas Speech and Hearing Center, Greenwood, SC (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: FG44-81R410423
• OSTI ID: 5753277
• Report Number(s): DOE/R4/10423-T1; ON: DE84000694
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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14 SOLAR ENERGY
140901* -- Solar Thermal Utilization-- Space Heating & Cooling
AIR HEATERS
BUILDINGS
DESIGN
ENERGY SYSTEMS
EQUIPMENT
HEATERS
HEATING
HEATING SYSTEMS
MASS
PUBLIC BUILDINGS
SOLAR AIR HEATERS
SOLAR COLLECTORS
SOLAR EQUIPMENT
SOLAR HEATING
SOLAR HEATING SYSTEMS
SOLAR SPACE HEATING
SPACE HEATING
THERMAL MASS