Solar Project Description. Aratex Services, Inc. , Industrial Laundry, Fresno, California
A brief summary is given of the Aratex solar installation. The solar energy is used to heat the process water in a large commercial laundering plant in Fresno, California. The solar system was retrofitted to the building during the Winter and Spring of 1977. The system utilizes 140 Ying, flat plate, lexan glazed collectors which provide an effective aperture area of 6500 square feet. The collectors are mounted in 24 rows on the flat roof of the building. The hot water is stored in a 4000 gallon holding tank to which an immersed heat exchanger adds heat from the steam condensate. The solar system has been fully instrumented for data acquisition and is included in the National Solar Data Network.
- Research Organization:
- International Business Machines Corp., Huntsville, AL (USA)
- DOE Contract Number:
- EG-77-C-01-4049
- OSTI ID:
- 6533946
- Report Number(s):
- SOLAR/2008-78/50
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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APPLIANCES
BUILDINGS
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COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS
DATA ACQUISITION
DEMONSTRATION PROGRAMS
DESIGN
DRAIN-DOWN SYSTEMS
ENERGY
FLAT PLATE COLLECTORS
HEAT
HEATERS
HOT WATER
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
INDUSTRIAL PLANTS
LAUNDRIES
NORTH AMERICA
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PROCESS HEAT
RETROFITTING
SOLAR COLLECTORS
SOLAR PROCESS HEAT
SOLAR WATER HEATERS
USA
WATER
WATER HEATERS
WESTERN REGION