Solar project description for Saddle Hill Trust single family residences, Medway, Massachusetts

• Main Author: Not Available
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: 14 SOLAR ENERGY; HOUSES; SOLAR SPACE HEATING; SOLAR WATER HEATING; SOLAR HEATING SYSTEMS; DESIGN; PERFORMANCE; SOLAR WATER HEATERS; CIRCULATING SYSTEMS; CONTROL SYSTEMS; FLAT PLATE COLLECTORS; MASSACHUSETTS; MONITORING; SENSIBLE HEAT STORAGE; TANKS; APPLIANCES; BUILDINGS; CONTAINERS; ENERGY STORAGE; EQUIPMENT; GAS APPLIANCES; HEAT STORAGE; HEATERS; HEATING; HEATING SYSTEMS; NORTH AMERICA; NORTH ATLANTIC REGION; RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS; SOLAR COLLECTORS; SOLAR EQUIPMENT; SOLAR HEATING; SPACE HEATING; STORAGE; USA; WATER HEATERS; Saddle Hill; North Atlantic
• Online Access: http://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/5648445; https://www.osti.gov/biblio/5648445; https://doi.org/10.2172/5648445

The Saddle Hill Trust solar energy systems are installed in three single family dwellings (Lots 36, 73, and 77) located in Medway, Massachusetts. Each of the dwellings are four bedroom, two story frame structures. Lot 36 has 1944 square feet, lots 73 and 77 have 1696 square feet. All these dwellings are fully instrumented for performance monitoring and evaluation. The three systems are designed to preheat domestic water. Lot 36, in addition to preheat domestic water includes solar energy for house heating. The data in this report is for lot 36, since this system is more complex and provides building heating. In this system, water is the heat transfer fluid. Solar energy is collected by two banks of flat plate collectors with a gross area of 315 square feet. Solar energy storage is provided by circulating water through the solar collectors and a heat exchanger in a 750 gallon basement equipment room storage tank. Space heating demands are met by circulating water from storage through a heating coil in the air distribution system in the house heating system. Auxiliary space heating is provided by an oil-fired warm air furnace. Solar energy for pre-heating domestic hot water is provided by circulating water from the solar storage tank through a heat exchanger in an electric domestic hot water heater. The performance of the Saddle Hill Trust Solar Energy System has been monitored since December 1978. Original cost estimates for provisioning and installation of the solar system are given; however the final cost of its instrumentation are not included.