Saddle Hill Trust Lot 73, Medway, Massachusetts: solar energy system performance evaluation, January 1980-December 1980

Technical Report · Tue Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1980

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/6427104· OSTI ID:6427104

Brauch, M. L.

The Saddle Hill Trust Lot 73 site is a single family residence in Medway, Massachusetts. The solar energy system is designed to supply 54% of the 18.70 million BTU hot water load. It is equipped with 45 square feet of solar collection area, an 80-gallon preheat storage tank, and a gas-fired, 40-gallon auxiliary domestic hot water tank. Problems with the data communication system and with a pyranometer are reported. Data are given describing the overall system performance energy savings, and solar energy utilization. Performance data are given for the collector, storage, and domestic hot water subsystems, as are the system operating energy and site weather conditions. Performance evalation techniques and sensor technology are briefly described. (LEW)

• Research Organization: Automation Industries, Inc., Silver Spring, MD (USA). Vitro Labs. Div.
• DOE Contract Number: AC01-79CS30027
• OSTI ID: 6427104
• Report Number(s): SOLAR/1039-81/14
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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