Experimental solar heat supply system with fixed mirror concentrators for the heating and cooling of buildings. Report for 1 Jul 1974--30 Jun 1975

Technical Report · Tue Dec 31 23:00:00 EST 1974

OSTI ID:7121734

Williams, J R; Hutchins, S F

A new type of solar collector has been assembled and tested at Georgia Tech which promises to provide heat at about the same cost as commercially available flat-plate collectors, but at a much higher temperature. The higher temperature permits higher COP air conditioning and heat pump operation, with a resulting decrease in the collector area required and lower air conditioning equipment costs as compared with systems using flat plate collectors. In addition, this focusing collector can supply low-grade steam and other industrial process heat at temperatures to several hundred degrees Centigrade. (GRA)

• Research Organization: Georgia Inst. of Tech., Atlanta (USA). Coll. of Engineering
• OSTI ID: 7121734
• Report Number(s): PB-252987; NSF/RANN/SE/GI-43936/TR/75/2
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

14 SOLAR ENERGY
140901* -- Solar Thermal Utilization-- Space Heating & Cooling
AIR CONDITIONERS
APPLIANCES
COST
ELECTRIC APPLIANCES
GAS APPLIANCES
HEAT EXCHANGERS
HEAT PUMPS
HEATING SYSTEMS
PERFORMANCE
SOLAR AIR CONDITIONERS
SOLAR CONCENTRATORS
SOLAR COOLING SYSTEMS
SOLAR HEATING SYSTEMS
SOLAR-ASSISTED HEAT PUMPS