Solar-energy-system performance evaluation, General Electric - Dallas (operational test site), Dallas, Texas, October 1980-March 1981

Technical Report · Thu Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1981

OSTI ID:5912105

Wetzel, P E

The General Electric-Dallas site is a single family residence in Texas. The active solar energy system is a retrofit designed to supply 60% of the heating load, 75% of the hot water load, and 50% of the cooling load. The system is equipped with 365 square feet of evacuated tube collectors, 400 gallons of solar hot water storage, a three-ton heat pump for auxiliary heating and cooling, and a gas-fired, 40-gallon, domestic hot water heater. The solar fraction, solar savings ratio, conventional fuel savings, system performance factor, and solar system coefficient of performance are given, as well as performance data for the collector, storage, domestic hot water, space heating and space cooling subsystems, solar operating energy, energy savings, and weather conditions. Predicted performance data are given for comparison with the measured values. (LEW)

• Research Organization: Automation Industries, Inc., Silver Spring, MD (USA). Vitro Labs. Div.
• DOE Contract Number: AC01-79CS30027
• OSTI ID: 5912105
• Report Number(s): SOLAR/2094-81/14; ON: DE82001350
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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