Monthly performance report: William C. Burdick, August 1978

Technical Report · Tue Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 1978

OSTI ID:6534580

The William Burdick single family dwelling is located in Rice Lake, Wisc. Its solar energy system is designed to supply approximately 51% of the average annual energy requirements for space heating and for hot water preheating. The solar energy system is a hybrid system that contains both active and passive elements. The active system utilizes 441 square feet of air collectors that face south at an angle of 54 degrees to the horizontal. Air is used to transfer energy from the collector array to storage or directly to the 1584 square foot conditioned space. Energy is stored in a bin containing 23 tons of rocks and in an 80-gallon water preheat tank. When solar energy is insufficient to heat the conditioned space, energy is supplied by a 66,000 Btu/hr electric furnace. Auxiliary energy for hot water is provided by standard electric immersion heaters in the 50-gallon domestic hot water heater. The passive system utilizes air heated in a greenhouse located on the south exposure of the dwelling. The greenhouse-heated air is allowed to pass through glass sliding doors to a large sunroom located between the living space and the greenhouse. The sunroom utilizes a circulating fan and a 28 ton rock bed to maintain a temperature of 60/sup 0/F during the day and 50/sup 0/F during night. The energy in the sunroom can be transferred to the conditioned space to meet the heating demand by opening a sliding glass door separating them. The house also has other energy conserving features such as triple glazing, good insulation, air locks and maximized southern exposure. Windows are placed on the north face to allow excess energy to escape in summer while south facing windows have shading devices. The system has four modes of active solar system operation and three modes of passive sunroom operation. The modes of operation of the active system are described. Various sensor problems have prevented subsystem analysis.

• Research Organization: Department of Energy, Washington, DC (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: EG-77-C-01-4049
• OSTI ID: 6534580
• Report Number(s): SOLAR/1036-78/08
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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