Design of a 20-kWp photovoltaic concentrator experiment at Fauquier High School, Warrenton, Virginia

Design of a 20-kWp photovoltaic concentrator experiment at Fauquier High School, Warrenton, Virginia [electronic resource]

Solar Corporation designed a photovoltaic concentrator system for Fauquier High School in Warrenton, Virginia, 40 miles west of Washington, DC. The system provides both electrical energy from the photovoltaic modules and thermal energy from the cooling of those modules. Direct current electrical ene...

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Corporate Authors: Alabama A & M University (Researcher), Sandia National Laboratories (Researcher)
Format: Government Document Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C : Oak Ridge, Tenn. : United States. Department of Energy ; distributed by the Office of Scientific and Technical Information, U.S. Department of Energy, 1979.
Subjects:
Design.
Space Heating.
Tanks.
Educational Facilities.
Electronic Equipment.
Computerized Simulation.
Photovoltaic Power Supplies.
Containers.
Direct Energy Converters.
Power Supplies.
Heating Systems.
Performance.
Simulation.
Equipment.
Virginia.
Solar Equipment.
Physical Properties.
Combined Collectors.
Power Range 10-100 Kw.
Concentrator Solar Cells.
Greenhouses.
Solar Reflectors.
Heating.
Parabolic Reflectors.
Solar Cells.
Solar Heating.
Solar Concentrators.
Storage.
Energy Storage.
Electrical Properties.
Solar Space Heating.
Solar Heating Systems.
School Buildings.
Solar Collectors.
Systems Analysis.
Photoelectric Cells.
Usa.
North America.
Buildings.
Central Region.
Photovoltaic Cells.
Demonstration Programs.
Heat Storage.
Sensible Heat Storage.
Solar Energy.
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Summary:Solar Corporation designed a photovoltaic concentrator system for Fauquier High School in Warrenton, Virginia, 40 miles west of Washington, DC. The system provides both electrical energy from the photovoltaic modules and thermal energy from the cooling of those modules. Direct current electrical energy from the photovoltaic modules will be first converted to ac and then used to provide power for lighting in the vocational/technical building and the system control building. Instead of being rejected, the thermal energy collected is stored in a 6500-gallon tank for use in the wintertime to provide heat for a greenhouse located adjacent to the array. The photovoltaic system supplies 20 kWp of electrical power by means of 40 6' wide by 10' long parabolic-cylinder collectors mounted in a polar mode. The photovoltaic power is fed into a switching system to feed either photovoltaic power or utility power to nine 2 kW lighting circuits in the vocational technical school and to fan, pump and auxiliary loads in the control building. Conceptual system design, systems analysis, and prototype performance are described. (WHK)
Item Description:Published through SciTech Connect.
10/18/1979.
"doe/dp/00789-t10"
Physical Description:Pages: 43 : digital, PDF file.

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