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Title: Geothermal heating facilities for Frontier Inn, Susanville, California

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/5347642· OSTI ID:5347642

The Frontier Inn, located in Susanville, California, is a 38 unit motel composed of six major sections (coffee shop, A frame units, apartments, back units, two story units and office). These sections were built over a number of years and exhibit widely varying types of construction. Space heating is provided by primarily electric resistance equipment with some propane use. Domestic hot water is provided primarily by propane with some electric resistance. The coffee shop uses fuel oil for both space and domestic hot water heating. The City of Susanville is currently in the process of installing a geothermal district heating system. Although the motel site is not located in the area of present construction activity, it is expected that the pipeline will be extended in the near future. This study examines the potential of retrofitting the existing heating facilities at the Frontier Inn to geothermal.

Research Organization:
Oregon Inst. of Tech., Klamath Falls (USA). Geo-Heat Center
DOE Contract Number:
FG06-79ET27256
OSTI ID:
5347642
Report Number(s):
DOE/ET/27256-T13; ON: DE82015114
Resource Relation:
Other Information: Portions of document are illegible
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English