System design report, March 1978. [Water-to-air heat pump; includes engineering drawings]

Technical Report · Wed Mar 01 04:00:00 EST 1978

OSTI ID:6637183

A solar space heating demonstration project is reported. It describes an integrated system providing solar energy space heating for a 9982 sq. ft., newly built, one-story building. The building is located at 966 Matlack Street, West Goshen Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania. The office part of the building is heated by solar-assisted water-to-air heat pump units. The storeroom part of the building is heated by an airhandling unit, containing a water-to-air coil. Solar energy is expected to provide 62% of the heating load, with the balance provided by a back-up electric boiler. The system includes 1900 active square feet of flat-plate solar collectors, and a 6000 gallon above-ground storage tank. Freeze protection is provided by a gravity drain-down scheme combined with nitrogen pressurization in a closed circuit.

• Research Organization: Bell Telephone Co. of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia (USA)
• OSTI ID: 6637183
• Report Number(s): COO-4048-78-1
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

14 SOLAR ENERGY
140901* -- Solar Thermal Utilization-- Space Heating & Cooling
AIR CONDITIONERS
APPLIANCES
AUXILIARY HEATING
BUILDINGS
COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS
CONSTRUCTION
CONTROL SYSTEMS
DEMONSTRATION PROGRAMS
DESIGN
DIAGRAMS
DRAIN-DOWN SYSTEMS
ELECTRIC APPLIANCES
ENERGY STORAGE
FLAT PLATE COLLECTORS
FREEZE PROTECTION
HEAT EXCHANGERS
HEAT PUMPS
HEAT STORAGE
HEATING
HEATING LOAD
HEATING SYSTEMS
OFFICE BUILDINGS
PERFORMANCE TESTING
SENSIBLE HEAT STORAGE
SOLAR AIR CONDITIONERS
SOLAR COLLECTORS
SOLAR COOLING SYSTEMS
SOLAR HEATING
SOLAR HEATING SYSTEMS
SOLAR SPACE HEATING
SOLAR-ASSISTED HEAT PUMPS
SPACE HEATING
SPECIFICATIONS
STORAGE
TESTING