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Corona del Sol High School solar system, Tempe Union High School District No. 213. Final technical report

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:6346333
Presented is a description, summarization of theoretical operating analysis, and review comments of a solar assisted space heating and service hot water heating system installed at Corona del Sol High School in the Tempe Union High School District, Tempe, Arizona. The solar collectors used for the project are dual-glazed, flat plate type and cover a gross area of 20,563 sq ft or an aperture area of 17,675 sq ft facing due south at an angle of elevation of 32/sup 0/. Collected energy is stored in an underground, steel tank with a volume of 50,000 gallons. The entire system is designed for collection and storage of 1.3 x 10/sup 6/ Btu of energy at the design day of January 21, at 33/sup 0/ N. Lat. The total system installed cost was $893,172 in a cost sharing agreement between the Department of Energy (DOE) and Tempe Union High School District (TUHS). The DOE portion of installed costs was $805,122 with TUHS providing the remaining $88,050. Translating the overall installed cost into a relationship with the collector's, one finds a cost of $43 per sq ft of installed collector. Reference CAPE-2770.
Research Organization:
Ahern-MacVittie-Hofmann and Goodwin Architects Ltd., Tempe, AZ (USA); Timmerman Engineering Co., Inc., Phoenix, AZ (USA); Tempe Union High School District No. 213, AZ (USA)
DOE Contract Number:
AC03-76CS32393
OSTI ID:
6346333
Report Number(s):
DOE/CS/32393-T1; ON: DE83009409
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English