M. F. Smith and Associates single family residence. Solar project description

• Main Author: Not Available
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: 14 SOLAR ENERGY; HOUSES; SOLAR SPACE HEATING; SOLAR WATER HEATING; SOLAR HEATING SYSTEMS; DESIGN; SOLAR WATER HEATERS; COST; FLAT PLATE COLLECTORS; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT PUMPS; OPERATION; RHODE ISLAND; SENSIBLE HEAT STORAGE; TANKS; APPLIANCES; BUILDINGS; CONTAINERS; ENERGY STORAGE; ENERGY SYSTEMS; EQUIPMENT; 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; WATER HEATING; North Atlantic
• Online Access: http://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/6427590; https://www.osti.gov/biblio/6427590; https://doi.org/10.2172/6427590

M.F. Smith Associates is a single-family residence in Jamestown, Rhode Island. The home has approximately 2240 square feet of conditioned space. Solar energy is used for space heating the home and preheating domestic hot water (DHW). The solar energy system has an array of flat-plate collectors with a gross area of 51.2 square feet and a 3150-gallon concrete storage tank. Preheated water is supplied, on demand, to a conventional 82-gallon DHW tank. Solar-heated water from the storage tank is directed to a heat pump or to a hydronic heat exchanger to provide space heating. When the storage water temperature is insufficient to satisfy the heat pump input requirements, an electrical heating element (booster unit ERH-1) in the line between storage and the heat pump provides auxiliary energy. During the cooling season, heat is removed from the conditioned space and discharged into storage, which sould be maintained below 100/sup 0/F by operating the collector system at night. An electrical heating element in DWH-1 provides auxiliary energy for water heating.