Comprehensive measurement and monitoring system for the North Carolina State University solar house
The design and installation of the performance monitoring systems for the North Carolina State University (NCSU) Solar House are described. The passive features of the house include two Trombe walls of different materials and a sunspace coupled to a unique thermal storage mass which forms the floor/ceiling between the first and second floors of the house. Two underground air cooling pipes have been installed for passive cooling. Active systems include roof panels for heating domestic hot water (including the flexibility to use an external shell-in-tube heat exchanger or a coil-in-tank exchanger). Auxiliary heat is provided by a water-to-air heat pump coupled to a 10.16 cm (4 in) cast iron pipe heat exchanger located in the septic field. Additionally, different configurations of insulation have been installed in the north bermed wall to evaluate the relative merits of thermal insulation in the winter versus cooling potential in the summer. The NCSU Solar House is unique in its incorporation of a wide variety of solar and energy conserving elements. The measurement system designed to evaluate the performance of these elements includes over 260 thermocouples, and promises to provide new insights into the performance of passive and active solar systems in the southeastern region of the United States.
- Research Organization:
- North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh
- OSTI ID:
- 6889958
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-820629-Vol.5-Pt.2
- Journal Information:
- Proc. Annu. Meet. - Am. Sect. Int. Sol. Energy Soc.; (United States), Journal Name: Proc. Annu. Meet. - Am. Sect. Int. Sol. Energy Soc.; (United States) Vol. 5; ISSN PMSID
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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