Solar project description for Chester West single dwelling - Huntsville, Alabama

Technical Report · Thu Oct 23 04:00:00 EDT 1980

OSTI ID:7082093

Moore, D

The Chester West solar energy system is installed in a single family dwelling located in Huntsville, Alabama. The system is designed to provide solar energy for space heating and domestic hot water. Solar energy is collected by flat plate collectors with 226 square feet. The collector banks are mounted on the roof of the house and face due south at an angle of 49 degrees to the horizontal optimizing solar energy collection. Solar energy is transferred from the collector array to a 500-gallon storage tank. Water is used as the heat collection, transfer and storage medium. Freeze protection is provided with a Glycerol-Water mixture. Solar energy is circulated to the conditioned space by solar heated water from storage through a liquid-to-air heat exchanger, located in the air distribution duct. Auxiliary space heating is provided by an air to air heat pump and electrical elements. Auxiliary domestic hot water is provided by electrical elements in the DWH. The dwelling has been fully instrumented for performance evaluation since September 1977 and the data is integrated into the National Solar Data Network. Original cost estimates for provisioning and installation of the solar system are given.

• Research Organization: Boeing Co., Huntsville, AL (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AB01-76CS31020
• OSTI ID: 7082093
• Report Number(s): SOLAR/1030-80/50
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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14 SOLAR ENERGY
140901* -- Solar Thermal Utilization-- Space Heating & Cooling
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