Packaged residential active-solar space-conditioning system. Appendix B. CSI roof integrated air heating and domestic hot water system. Final subcontract report

Technical Report · Thu May 01 00:00:00 EDT 1986

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/5666163· OSTI ID:5666163

This report documents the design and design development process by Contemporary Systems Inc. for a roof-integrated, air-based modular solar collector that uses conventional building practices. Contemporary Systems Inc. (CSI) tested the system their engineers designed in two houses in Walpole, New Hampshire for a twelve-month period. The system was easily installed and performed successfully throughout the test period, displaying winter energy efficiency collection ratios in excess of 30:1 on an integrated monthly basis. CSI concludes that their system can result in an in-place cost of about $100/MMBtu or less than 50% of the cost of the most current solar space and water heating system.

• Research Organization: Contemporary Systems, Inc., Walpole, NH (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-83CH10093
• OSTI ID: 5666163
• Report Number(s): SERI/STR-253-2620B; ON: DE86010698
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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