Selection of solar design winters for Iowa
Conference
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OSTI ID:5964926
The meteorological records for Ames, Iowa have been analyzed in order to select specific historical winters that are typical and atypical. Heating degree-day and insolation data are used to show that 1962 to 1963 was a rather typical heating season, while 1968 to 1969 was unusually harsh (cold and cloudy) and 1960 to 1961 was very mild. It is recommended that solar designers identify similar typical and atypical heating (or cooling) seasons for their own localities and use them to carry out solar performance calculations. This is done with the Ames data to exhibit the variations of performance among different heating seasons and to illustrate how useful information may be extracted about the behavior of a solar system under a variety of weather conditions.
- Research Organization:
- Ames Lab., IA (USA)
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-7405-ENG-82
- OSTI ID:
- 5964926
- Report Number(s):
- ISM-234; CONF-791022-8
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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