Competitive economic assessment of residential solar/desiccant cooling

Conference · Fri Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1982 · Proc. Annu. Meet. - Am. Sect. Int. Sol. Energy Soc.; (United States)

OSTI ID:6889862

Hall, Jr, K D; Haas, S A

Provided is an economic comparison between solar/desiccant systems coupled with natural gas backup and other types of space conditioning systems. The anlaysis assumes that systems will be installed in 1990, the year solar/desiccant systems are expected to be commercially available. Competing systems included in the comparisons are advanced gas furnace and electric air conditioner combinations, electric heat pumps, gas heat pumps, ground-coupled electric heat pumps, and solar space heating and domestic hot water with electric backup and electric air conditioning combinations. Costs and performance for all systems reflect advances expected by 1990. The sensitivity of the results of the comparison is investigated against capital costs and government incentive programs.

• Research Organization: Booz, Allen and Hamilton, Inc., Bethesda, MD
• OSTI ID: 6889862
• Report Number(s): CONF-820629-Vol.5-Pt.2
• Conference Information: Journal Name: Proc. Annu. Meet. - Am. Sect. Int. Sol. Energy Soc.; (United States) Journal Volume: 5
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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14 SOLAR ENERGY
140300 -- Solar Energy-- Economic
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& Business Aspects
140901* -- Solar Thermal Utilization-- Space Heating & Cooling
BUILDINGS
CAPITALIZED COST
COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS
COST
DESICCANTS
ECONOMIC ANALYSIS
ECONOMICS
EQUIPMENT
FEDERAL REGION III
FEDERAL REGION VI
LIFE-CYCLE COST
NORTH AMERICA
OPERATING COST
PENNSYLVANIA
PERFORMANCE
RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS
SOLAR COOLING SYSTEMS
SOLAR EQUIPMENT
TEXAS
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