Contemporary Systems, Inc. , Walpole, New Hampshire solar-energy-system performance evaluation, October 1981 through April 1982

Technical Report · Fri Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1982

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/6951791· OSTI ID:6951791

Howard, B. D.

The Contemporary Systems, Inc. site is a hybrid solar building in New Hampshire that is designed to obtain 71% of its space heating and 75% of its water heating from solar energy. The active solar system is equipped with 800 square feet of flat plate air collectors and two site-built rock bins. There is also a window wall and sunspace. The window wall is 190 square feet, double glazed, with a window quilt and a concrete floor slab. The sunspace is double glazed with CYRO polycarbonate with a 320 square foot area of glazing, and is equipped with a fan-forced 100-cubic-foot rock bin. Auxiliary water heating is electric. Monthly performance data are tabulated for the solar system overall, for the active and passive collector systems, water and space heating subsystems, and the building. Also tabulated are monthly data for the solar coefficients of performance, building environment, solar operating energy, energy savings, and weather conditions. Typical system operation is illustrated by graphs for a typical day of the hourly temperatures at different parts of the system, active heating system fluid flow rate, and total insolation. Typical system operating sequences are also graphed, as well as the solar energy use. (LEW)

• Research Organization: Automation Industries, Inc., Silver Spring, MD (USA). Vitro Labs. Div.
• DOE Contract Number: AC01-79CS30027
• OSTI ID: 6951791
• Report Number(s): SOLAR/2116-82/14; ON: DE83000068
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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