Solar-energy-system performance evaluation: Montecito Pines apartment complex, Santa Rosa, California, November 1978-March 1979

Technical Report · Mon Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1979

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/6359790· OSTI ID:6359790

Hughes, J. E.

The Montecito Pines site is an apartment complex in Santa Rosa, California whose water-based solar space heating and water preheating system has an array of flat plate collectors that are freeze protected by drain-down, an underground 2000-gallon storage tank, and an auxiliary gas-fired boiler. The system and its operation are briefly described, and its performance is analyzed using a system energy balance technique. Individual subsystems are assessed in detail. (LEW)

• Research Organization: International Business Machines Corp., Gaithersburg, MD (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC01-77CS34049
• OSTI ID: 6359790
• Report Number(s): SOLAR/1045-79/14; ON: DE83008840
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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14 SOLAR ENERGY
140901* -- Solar Thermal Utilization-- Space Heating & Cooling
140907 -- Solar Thermal Utilization-- Water Heating
APARTMENT BUILDINGS
AUXILIARY HEATING
BUILDINGS
CALIFORNIA
COEFFICIENT OF PERFORMANCE
CONTAINERS
DATA
EFFICIENCY
ENERGY CONSUMPTION
ENERGY LOSSES
ENERGY STORAGE
ENERGY SYSTEMS
EQUIPMENT
EXPERIMENTAL DATA
FEDERAL REGION IX
FLAT PLATE COLLECTORS
HEAT LOSSES
HEAT STORAGE
HEATING
HEATING SYSTEMS
INFORMATION
LOSSES
NORTH AMERICA
NUMERICAL DATA
PERFORMANCE
RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS
SENSIBLE HEAT STORAGE
SOLAR COLLECTORS
SOLAR EQUIPMENT
SOLAR FRACTION
SOLAR HEATING
SOLAR HEATING SYSTEMS
SOLAR SPACE HEATING
SOLAR WATER HEATING
SPACE HEATING
STORAGE
TANKS
USA
WATER HEATING