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Solar heating and domestic hot water system installed at Kansas City, Fire Stations, Kansas City, MissouriThe solar system was designed to provide 47 percent of the space heating, 8,800 square feet area and 75 percent of the domestic hot water (DHW) load. The solar system consists of 2,808 square feet of Solaron, model 2001, air, flat plate collector subsystem, a concrete box storage subsystem which contains 1,428 cubic feet of 0.5 inch diameter pebbles weighing 71.5 tons, a DHW preheat tank, blowers, pumps, heat exchangers, air ducting, controls and associated plumbing. Two 120 gallon electric DHW heaters supply domestic hot water which is preheated by the solar system. Auxiliary space heating is provided by three electric heat pumps with electric resistance heaters and four 30 kilowatt electric unit heaters. There are six modes of system operation.
Document ID
19800022390
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Contractor Report (CR)
Date Acquired
September 4, 2013
Publication Date
July 1, 1980
Subject Category
Energy Production And Conversion
Report/Patent Number
NASA-CR-161513
Accession Number
80N30895
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: EX-76-C-01-2373
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.

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