Solar energy system performance evaluation, Mat Cannon, Gainesville, Florida. December 1979 tthrough March 1980

Technical Report · Mon Dec 31 23:00:00 EST 1979

OSTI ID:6765491

Whitehead, C Y

The Matt Cannon site is a four-unit, two-story apartment building in Gainesville, Florida which has 597 ft/sup 2/ of flat plate collectors and a 1000-gallon storage tank for space and water heating of the 2420 ft/sup 2/ of conditioned space. The system supplied 62% of the space heating load and 50% of the domestic hot water load. The storage subsystem performance was poor. (MHR)

• Research Organization: Automation Industries, Inc., Richland, WA (USA). Vitro Engineering Div.
• DOE Contract Number: AC01-79CS30027
• OSTI ID: 6765491
• Report Number(s): SOLAR/1044-80/14
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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14 SOLAR ENERGY
140901* -- Solar Thermal Utilization-- Space Heating & Cooling
140907 -- Solar Thermal Utilization-- Water Heating
APARTMENT BUILDINGS
APPLIANCES
BUILDINGS
CONTAINERS
ENERGY STORAGE
EQUIPMENT
FLAT PLATE COLLECTORS
FLORIDA
HEAT STORAGE
HEATERS
HEATING
HEATING SYSTEMS
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
NORTH AMERICA
OPERATION
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PERFORMANCE
RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS
SENSIBLE HEAT STORAGE
SOLAR COLLECTORS
SOLAR EQUIPMENT
SOLAR HEATING
SOLAR HEATING SYSTEMS
SOLAR SPACE HEATING
SOLAR WATER HEATERS
SOLAR WATER HEATING
SOUTHEAST REGION
SPACE HEATING
STORAGE
TANKS
USA
WATER
WATER HEATERS