Environmental Partnership, Cream Ridge, New Jersey Solar-Energy-System Performance Evaluation, October 1981-March 1982

摘要

The Environmental Partnership site (also known as the Bonillia Home) is a two-story, single family home on a wooded lot in New Jersey. The wood platform-framed house uses three major passive solar energy systems - a 168-square-foot sunspace, a 344-square-foot Trombe wall, and a breadbox type passive solar hot water heater. The system was designed to provide 75% of the total load at the site, but only achieved 30%. Storage is in a 50,000-pound concrete wall 12 inches thick and in 32 3-foot phase-change rods. Auxiliary systems include a dual-fuel wood/propane furnace, wood stove, 50-gallon auxiliary water heater with propane fuel, and a cooling fan. Monthly performance data are tabulated for the overall solar heating system and for the individual components - Trombe wall, sunspace, storage, water heater, and space heating subsystem. Monthly data are also tabulated for weather, energy savings, and the passive solar system environment. Typical system operation is illustrated by graphs of temperatures at various places in the system vs time for a typical day. The system operating sequence is also illustrated by a bar chart of the operation of the wood/propane furnace and the fan. (ERA citation 07:059390)