Solar energy system performance evaluation: Terrell D. Moseley Office Building, Lynchburg, Virginia, February 1978--May 1978

Technical Report · Sat Jul 01 04:00:00 EDT 1978

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/6600564· OSTI ID:6600564

Dwiggins, J. C.; Nash, J. M.; Murphy, L. J.

A summary of the February 1978 to May 1978 operation of the Terrell D. Moseley solar energy system is presented. This system is designed to provide space heating and domestic hot water preheating for approximately 1780 square feet of office area in a Lynchburg, Virginia office building. Presented are results of an evaluation of measured system performance and a comparison of measured micrometeorological data with long term average conditions. Performance evaluations of each major subsystem are also presented. Included are: a brief system description, review of actual system performance during the report period, analysis of performance based on evaluation of climatic, load and operational conditions, and an overall discussion of the results of analysis. Also presented are results of a special study of actual versus expected performance of the Terrell D. Moseley solar energy system. During the report period he Terrell D. Moseley solar energy system provided 13.6 million Btu of the 18.3 million Btu demand for space heating. The 74 percent solar utilization was greater than the 70 percent expected. Solar energy for space heating was available 100 percent of the time.

• Research Organization: International Business Machines Corp., Huntsville, AL (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: EG-77-C-01-4049
• OSTI ID: 6600564
• Report Number(s): SOLAR/2011-78/14
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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