Solar heating and cooling of residential buildings. Sizing, installation, and operation of systems

Book · Sat Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1977

OSTI ID:6850246

This training course is designed to train home designers and builders in the fundamentals of solar hydronic and air systems for space heating and cooling and domestic hot water heating for residential buildings. The following topics are covered: energy problem, course orientation, introduction to solar heating and cooling systems, solar radiation, fluid heating solar collectors, thermal storage subsystems, service hot water systems, solar heating systems, solar space cooling systems, solar heating and cooling systems, solar system controls, operations laboratory, heating load calculations, solar system sizing, system economics, solar system sizing calculations by trainees, cost effectiveness of energy conservation, retrofit considerations, scheduling of solar installations, constraints and incentives, buyer's guide, and future prospects for solar heating and cooling systems. (MHR)

• OSTI ID: 6850246
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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14 SOLAR ENERGY
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APPLIANCES
BUILDINGS
CALCULATION METHODS
CATALOGS
CONTROL SYSTEMS
COST
DOCUMENT TYPES
ECONOMIC ANALYSIS
ECONOMICS
EDUCATION
ENERGY CONSERVATION
EQUIPMENT
FINANCIAL INCENTIVES
FORECASTING
HEATERS
HEATING
HEATING LOAD
HEATING SYSTEMS
INSTALLATION
MANUALS
OPERATION
RADIATIONS
RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS
RETROFITTING
SIZE
SOLAR COLLECTORS
SOLAR COOLING SYSTEMS
SOLAR HEATING
SOLAR HEATING SYSTEMS
SOLAR RADIATION
SOLAR WATER HEATERS
SOLAR WATER HEATING
THERMAL ENERGY STORAGE EQUIPMENT
WATER HEATERS