Passive-solar design manual for the United States Navy

Conference · Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1982

OSTI ID:5284823

Wray, W O; Biehl, F A; Kosiewicz, C R

A passive solar design manual for single-family detached residences and dormitory-type buildings is being developed. The design procedure employed in the manual is a simplification of the original monthly solar load ratio (SLR) method. The new SLR correlations involve a single constant for each system. The correlation constant appears as a scale factor permitting the use of a universal performance curve for all passive systems. Furthermore, by providing location-dependent correlations between the annual solar heating fraction (SHF)* and the minimum monthly SHF, we have eliminated the need to perform an SLR calculation for each month of the heating season.

• Research Organization: Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States); Naval Civil Engineering Lab., Port Hueneme, CA (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-36
• OSTI ID: 5284823
• Report Number(s): LA-UR-82-1497; CONF-820819-1; ON: DE82015801
• Resource Relation: Conference: 7. national passive solar conference, Knoxville, TN, USA, 29 Aug 1982
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

14 SOLAR ENERGY
PASSIVE SOLAR HEATING SYSTEMS
DESIGN
CORRELATIONS
MILITARY FACILITIES
PERFORMANCE
RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS
RETROFITTING
SOLAR FRACTION
WEATHER
BUILDINGS
ENERGY SYSTEMS
EQUIPMENT
HEATING SYSTEMS
SOLAR EQUIPMENT
SOLAR HEATING SYSTEMS
140901* - Solar Thermal Utilization- Space Heating & Cooling