Solar heating system installed at Belz Investment Company, Memphis, TN. Final report

Technical Report · Mon Jun 01 04:00:00 EDT 1981

OSTI ID:6150714

Information is provided on the solar heating system installed at Belz Investment Company, Memphis, Tennessee. The system used Solaron flat plate air collectors. Four buildings were included in the project. Collector area for each building covered 780 sq. ft., with storage capacity of 390 cubic feet per building. The Solaron air system has a special air handling unit to move air through the collectors and into and out of the rock storage, with connection to the air duct distribution system. The motor has Class B insulation on the windings to prevent deterioration as hot air passes over it. The heat of this motor is added to the heat delivered to the system. The solar system also includes four motorized special low-leakage dampers and two gravity fabric dampers. The system is designed to be automatically controlled by a Solaron-provided solid state controller with three thermistors: one located in the collectors, one in the rock box top plenum, one in the return air duct from the heated space. A three stage heating thermostat located in the conditioned space controls the operation.

• Research Organization: Belz Investment Co., Memphis, TN (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: FC01-78CS35210
• OSTI ID: 6150714
• Report Number(s): DOE/NASA/CR-161803; ON: DE81027873
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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