Oakmead Industries, Santa Clara, California solar-energy-system performance evaluation, October 1980-May 1981

Technical Report · Wed Dec 31 23:00:00 EST 1980

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/5950753· OSTI ID:5950753

Pakkala, P. A.

The Oakmead Industries solar energy system is a commercial office/manufacturing building in California equipped with 2622 square feet of liquid flat-plate collectors, 1675 square feet of Trombe wall glazing, a 6500-gallon steel storage tank, two gas-fired auxiliary space heating units and an auxiliary electric resistance water heater. The solar fraction, solar savings ratio, conventional fuel savings, system performance factor, and solar system coefficient of performance are calculated. The performance of the collector, storage, domestic hot water and space heating subsystems is examined, and the operating energy and energy savings are tabulated. Weather conditions are tabulated for the site. (LEW)

• Research Organization: Automation Industries, Inc., Silver Spring, MD (USA). Vitro Labs. Div.
• DOE Contract Number: AC01-79CS30027
• OSTI ID: 5950753
• Report Number(s): SOLAR/2076-81/14; ON: DE82002508
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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