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30 may 1996
a very-well-insulated house, not to scale:
no air infiltration
30' no internal heat generation
30 f and --------r30-----------
1,000 btu/ft^2 of | | r30 average walls and ceiling
sun on the south r top view |
wall on an average 3 r ==> heat loss on average
december day... 0 3 december day =
| 2-story 0 24h(70-30)3000/r30
sun ---> -r1-| house | = 96k btu.
| <== | 30'
r | surface area | each square foot of
1 |r10 ~2,000 ft^2 | sunspace collects
12' | ss | | walls + | 1000 btu/day and
| r s r 10' 1,000 ft^2 | loses 6(80-30)
| 2 c 1 ceiling | = 300, for a net
hmmm. if the | 8' 0 4'0 | gain of 700, so
sunspace has ---- ---------------------- we need 96k/700
128 ft^2 of r1 = 137 ft^2 of
sidewalls and r10-----------r30---------- sunspace here,
a r10 roof, it | m ==> |r eg 12' x 16' x 8'
will lose another | | sunspace heats |3 deep... (?)
6(80-30)128/r1 | ss | house on an |0
= r38k of heat | |r10 average day. | 16' <==yes, another
thru the r r s r | 55 ft^2 should make
sidewalls... 1 2 c 1 8' | up for the sidewall
| 0 0 | loss...
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west view
larger detail:
| r
| 3 daytime airflow within closet
30 f | 0 /
sun | |--------r10---
| 80 f | d ==> m m is a motorized damper
| sunspace | | 20 | d is a one-way damper
r | r drums |
1 | 2 | <--insulated wall
| | 0 130 f |
| | | sc r
| | | 1
reflective? |reflective? | <== 0
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^--insulated wall
we need to store about 500k btu for 5 days w/o sun, ==> 500k/25k = 20
55 gallon drums full of water, cooling from 130 f to 80 f, which will
fit in a space about 4' wide x 8' tall x 10' long.
in this case, the closet glazing would be 8' x 10' and there would be 20x25
ft^2 of drum area, ie a glazing/thermal mass area of 6.25:1, so we might want
to use a small fan to circulate air thru the solar closet when the sun is
shining. grainger's $61 4c688 560 cfm 36 watt fan with a maximum temperature
spec of 149 f might be nice, with a $6 2e247 snap-disc thermostat in a glazed
box to turn on the fan at 130 f. if the closet were taller or had a 10:1
container area/glazing area ratio, it might not need a fan.
if the solar closet has r20 insulation on the south side and r10 on the
other sides, and it isn't needed to keep the house warm on an average night,
and it doesn't make hot water, here's how to find the water temp t inside...
80x1000 btu = 6 hr(t-80)80ft^2/r1 for the south wall, day
+18 hr(t-30)80/r20 " night
+24 hr(t-70)224ft^2/r10 for the other 5 walls, night
ie 80k = 480t - 2,880
+ 72t - 2,160
+ 538t - 38k
= 1,090t - 42,672
or 1,090t = 122,692, or t = 122,692/1,090 = 112.5 f.
so, this closet could use a reflector in front or a little more glazing
or a little more insulation... let's try a reflector to get 33% more sun:
1,090t = 80k x 1.33 + 42,692 = 149k btu/day, so t = 137 f :-)
nick
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