First E.C. Conference on Solar Heating: Proceedings of the International Conference held at Amsterdam, April 30-May 4, 1984

Front Matter....Pages i-xxvi
Front Matter....Pages 1-2
Opening Speech....Pages 3-4
Opening Speech....Pages 5-6
The Dutch National Solar Energy and the International Energy Agency’s Solar Heating and Cooling Programme....Pages 7-10
The Status and Future of the Active use of Solar Energy....Pages 11-17
Solar Architecture....Pages 18-23
A Report on the Panel Discussion....Pages 24-27
Closing Address....Pages 28-30
Front Matter....Pages 31-32
The European Solar Pilot Test Facilities, a Powerful Tool for Model Validation....Pages 33-41
Combined Solar System for Space Heating and Domestic Hot Water Supply: Performance Measuring Data from the Danish Pilot Test Facility....Pages 42-46
Measured Performance of Experimental and Commercial Solar Heating Systems....Pages 47-54
The Active Solar Building of Bourgoin-Jallieu Lessons from 5 Years of Measurements (1)....Pages 55-59
Performance Monitoring of Solar Heating Systems....Pages 60-66
Field Measurement on 65 Single Family SDWH Systems Throughout France....Pages 67-72
European Passive Solar Test Facility....Pages 73-77
The Performance of Air Cooled Collector Systems in Dutch Field Tests....Pages 78-82
Performance of 12 Passive and/or Active Solar Houses in Bassens-France....Pages 83-90
Summary of Performance Results from the U.S. Residential Class B Monitoring Program....Pages 91-100
Measurement of Passive Solar Gain within the Project “Landstuhl”....Pages 101-105
Three Years of Array Performance of Different Types of Evacuated Tubular Solar Collectors....Pages 106-111
Swedish Solar Heating Plants with Seasonal Storage — System Design Influence on Thermal Performance and Economy....Pages 112-116
Front Matter....Pages 31-32
Solar Heating Plant at Mount Zugspitze....Pages 117-121
Measurement and Evaluation Techniques for Solar Heating Systems....Pages 122-127
Performance Results from a Large Solar Heating and Cooling System Operational Since 1981 Near Marseille (France)....Pages 128-130
Performance Monitoring of Appartment Buildings in Berlin....Pages 131-134
Description and Experimental Long Range Evaluation of a Solar Electric Plant Installed in a Residential Building in Southern Italy....Pages 135-139
Simulation and Monitoring of Solar Domestic Hot Water Systems....Pages 140-145
Solar Heating Test Design Facility for Bulk PCM Storage....Pages 146-149
Low Energy Passive Solar Houses at Milton Keynes, UK....Pages 150-154
Front Matter....Pages 155-155
Design and Validation of Simplified Methods for Sizing Active Solar Space Heating Systems....Pages 156-160
F-Chart in European Climates....Pages 161-165
The SEU Design Method....Pages 166-170
Comparison of the REM Heating Energy Calculation Procedure to Measured Data....Pages 171-177
A Micro-Computer Aided Design Tool: Casamo....Pages 178-182
Analytical Model for the Input/Output Energy Relationship....Pages 183-189
Performance and Cost Evaluation of Solar Passive Buildings in Greece....Pages 190-195
Upper Limit of the Useful Solar Heat Achievable in the Central European Climates with DHW and Heating Systems. Important Technical Factors Determining the Useful Solar Heat of a Solar System....Pages 196-202
Experience in Modelling and Experimenting of Thermosyphonic Solar Water Heaters with Heat Exchanger....Pages 203-207
Simulation of Solar Air-Heating Systems....Pages 208-215
Accuracy and Limitation of the LESO-A Simplified Method....Pages 216-220
A Simple Design Method for Solar Heating Systems with in-ground Long Term Storage....Pages 221-224
Front Matter....Pages 155-155
Easy-to-Use Methods for Performance Evaluation of Active Solar Space Heating Systems....Pages 225-229
A Simple Method for Performance Evaluation of Solar Domestic Hot Water Systems....Pages 230-234
Design Tool for Buried Horizontal Heat Exchanger....Pages 235-239
Sunsyst — The Computer Program for Solar Energy....Pages 240-246
IEA Task VIII: Passive and Hybrid Solar Low Energy Buildings....Pages 247-254
Statistical Methods for the Storage Size Optimization in Solar Hot Water Systems....Pages 255-259
Front Matter....Pages 261-261
Innovative Passive/Hybrid Solar Design Concepts Employed in the U.S.....Pages 262-266
Building Components with Integrated Latent Heat Storage....Pages 267-272
Energy-Savings due to the Integration of a Thermogenious Element in Prefabricated Facades....Pages 273-277
Sunspace Performance within an Overall High Rise Building Retrofit....Pages 278-282
Use in Passive Solar Architecture of Sunlight Dousers with a Seasonal Effect....Pages 283-291
Optical Measurements on a Variable Transparency Window using Selective Catadioptric Reflection....Pages 292-298
Recherche et Developpement D’architecture Climatique et de Composants Solaires....Pages 299-308
Simple Air Collectors for Preheating Fresh Air....Pages 309-313
Transparent Insulation System for Passive Solar Energy Utilization in Buildings....Pages 314-318
Composant Solaire Passif a Lames Mobiles Et a Stockage par Chaleur Latente....Pages 319-323
The Design of a Low-Cost Housing Estate with the Use of Thermal Inertia in a Solar Roof, Under the Climatic Conditions of Bolivia....Pages 324-332
Hybrid Solar Low Energy Buildings in Denmark....Pages 333-335
Mass Produced Passive Components for Low-Cost Multistory Building....Pages 336-340
Open-Loop Thermosyphon Solar-Energy Space Heating....Pages 341-345
Front Matter....Pages 261-261
Study of Natural Convection within a Large Cavity — First Results....Pages 346-350
Passive Solar Houses with Energy Efficient Solar Walls Containing Paraffin....Pages 351-355
A Hybrid Collector-Latent Heat Storage Wall for Air Conditioning....Pages 356-360
Effective ‘U’ Value....Pages 361-366
High Performance Passive Solar Heating System with Heat Pipe Energy Transfer....Pages 367-372
Front Matter....Pages 373-373
An Assessment of Energy Performances of the Housing Stock in Italy: Experimental Data from 1000 Dwellings....Pages 374-380
An Assessment of the Prospects for Solar Thermal Application in Europe....Pages 381-385
Energy Balance and Thermal Comfort in Passive Solar Housing....Pages 386-390
Passive Solar Educational Support for European Architects....Pages 391-395
A Graphical Method to Assess Passive Solar Gains in the Existing Housing Stock of the United Kingdom....Pages 396-399
Evaluation and Development of Thermal Analysis Models within the IEA Solar Heating and Cooling Programme, Task VIII Passive and Hybrid Solar Low Energy Buildings....Pages 400-404
Comfort Aspects in Overglazed Environments....Pages 405-412
Transparent Insulating Materials — A Possibility for Reducing the Consumption of Fossil Fuel in Households....Pages 413-418
The Swedish Solar Heating Programme....Pages 419-423
Integrated Design Exemplified by Solar Cavity Wall Houses....Pages 424-432
Experimental Study of Free Convection in a Room Model Using a Collector Storage Wall....Pages 433-437
Performance of Passive Solar Systems in Dutch Low-Rise Housing....Pages 438-442
The Potential for Solar Heating in Central Urban Areas: A Case Study....Pages 443-447
Air Solar Collecting Roof for a Low-Energy Sports-Hall Building....Pages 448-454
A Review of the Use of Selective Absorbers in Foil Form for Passive Solar Collectors....Pages 455-459
Front Matter....Pages 373-373
Passive Solar Design In Non-Domestic Buildings....Pages 460-464
The Use of Passive Solar Gains for the Pre-Heating of Ventilation Air in Housing....Pages 465-469
The Sophia Antipolis Passive Test Facility....Pages 470-473
Solar Radiation and Pyranometry Studies for Solar Energy Applications: an Overview of IEA Task IX....Pages 474-479
The Design and Establishment of a Solar Energy Research Centre in Greece....Pages 480-484
Solar Heated Swimming Pools in Europe an EC Demonstration Programme....Pages 485-490
Front Matter....Pages 491-493
Eight Years of Collector Testing in Europe What Have We Learned?....Pages 494-498
NRCC Air Collector Testing Facility....Pages 499-503
Computer Model of the Nobels Peelman Air Heating Solar Collector Used in the CEC6 Round Robin Test Series....Pages 504-508
Experimentelle Untersuchung an Luftgekühlten Flachkollektoren....Pages 509-514
The ‘Albedo’ Flat-Plate Solar Collector....Pages 515-519
System Performance Optimisation Studies, for 2nd Generation DHW and SH Systems....Pages 520-526
Examples of Practical Applications of Collectors for 2nd Generation Solar Energy Systems....Pages 527-532
Performance Tests on Commercial One-Family DHW Solar Systems....Pages 533-537
Performance of the Second Generation Solar Heating System in the Solar House of the Eindhoven University of Technology....Pages 538-542
Evacuated Collectors in Cooperative International Energy Agency Research and Development....Pages 543-546
Results of Durability Tests on Various Types of Collectors....Pages 547-551
Ageing Resistance of Solar Collectors....Pages 552-556
Four Years Experience in Collector Testing in the Frame of the Enel Promotion Programme for DHW Systems....Pages 557-561
Computer Model of the Philips Evacuated Tubular Solar Collector Used in the CEC5 Round Robin Test Series....Pages 562-566
Front Matter....Pages 491-493
Design and Characteristics of a Flat Plate Slit Honeycomb Solar Collector....Pages 567-571
Design of Direct Solar Floors and Practical Results....Pages 572-576
A Contribution to the Laying Down of Durability and Reliability Tests for Solar Collectors....Pages 577-578
Leistungsvergleich von Zwei Sonnenheizungsanlagen zur Wassererwärmung....Pages 579-583
Performance of Unglazed Flat Plate Heat Exchangers at Low Temperatures....Pages 584-589
Optimisation of Solar Collector Area for Solar Thermal Systems....Pages 590-593
Investigation of Indoor- and Outdoor Performance Measurements on Solar Domestic Hot Water Systems....Pages 594-598
Design of Static Concentrators with the Receiver Immersed in a Dielectric Tube....Pages 599-603
Computer-Aided Development of Solar Domestic Hot Water Systems....Pages 604-608
Solar Domestic Hot Water Systems in Denmark. Design, Performance and Costs....Pages 609-612
Low-Cost, Low-Weight and Medium-Efficiency Solar Collectors, Construction and Examples....Pages 613-615
Investigation of Solar-Assisted Heat-Pump Systems Using the Heat Recovery Glazing Concept....Pages 616-620
A Detailed Theoretical Model for a Flat Plate Natural Convection Loop-Type Solar Air Collector....Pages 621-625
Optimal Control Theory Applied to Dwelling Heating System....Pages 626-630
Performance and Reliability of Unexpensive Single Family SDHW Package Systems....Pages 631-635
Performance Predictions for all Glass Tubular Evacuated Absorbers....Pages 636-638
Analysis of the Climatic Data Necessary-Problems to be Solved and Application to Flat-Plate Collectors....Pages 639-642
Experience with Collector Draining and Rigid Mineral Insulation in Continental Climate (Capellen-Luxembourg)....Pages 643-647
The Limits of the Transient Method Applied to the Solar Collectors Performance Measurement....Pages 648-652
Etude Experimentale de Capteurs Solaires a Air en Region Parisienne....Pages 653-657
Front Matter....Pages 491-493
A 2nd Generation Thermosiphon Solar Water Heater....Pages 658-661
Design of Domestic Hot Water- and Solar Heating Systems with Philips’ Evacuated Collectors....Pages 662-667
A Simplified Solar Domestic Hot Water and Heating System with Evacuated Tubular Heat Pipe Collectors....Pages 668-674
Chauffe-Eau Solaire Domestique a Stockage Integre....Pages 675-679
Spectrally Selective Transition-Metal Oxinitride Coatings on Rough Substrates for Application in High Performance Solar Collectors....Pages 680-684
Hydrophile Solar Collector System....Pages 685-690
Balancing of Solar Heating Options....Pages 691-695
On the Importance of Wind Velocity and Ambient Temperature to the Performance of Flat-Plate Collectors....Pages 696-706
Performance of Pipe Type Solar Water Heater....Pages 707-717
Research Project: “Guidelines for Optimal Planning and Construction of Solar Energy Systems”....Pages 718-720
Shared Solar Space and Water Heating....Pages 721-724
Front Matter....Pages 725-726
The Use of Air Collectors in Drying Processes of Agricultural Products....Pages 727-732
A Comparison of Five Solar Systems for Heating Greenhouses....Pages 733-737
Analysis and Design of Solar Process Water Heating Systems without Storage for Industrial and Commercial Applications....Pages 738-742
The Performance Study of an Industrial Solar Hot Water System....Pages 743-747
Test and Modelization of a Greenhouse Using Low Temperature Heating....Pages 748-752
The Performance Measuring Data of an Air Collector System for Drying Herbs....Pages 753-757
Experience with Advanced Solar Collectors for Water Heating: Technical and Economic Aspects....Pages 758-763
Contribution to the Simultaneous Production of Fresh Water and Salt....Pages 764-768
Drying of Grapes in Cabinet Solar Dryer. Preliminary Results....Pages 769-773
Front Matter....Pages 725-726
A Combined System for Heat Recovery and Solar Energy Utilization in Automobile Lacquering Shops....Pages 774-777
Solar Distillation for Ethanol Production....Pages 778-780
Solar Energy System in Order to Control the Micro-Climate from the Horticulture in Greenhouses....Pages 781-785
Experimental Results of Air Solar Collector Storage in Soil Heating System for an Industrial Building....Pages 786-790
Low Temperature Heat Storage for Greenhouses....Pages 791-795
Two Phase Flow Guidance in a Steam Producing Solar Collector for Process Heat Supply for the Food Industry....Pages 796-799
Assessment Study of the Potential Use of Solar Energy in Agriculture....Pages 800-802
The Performance Measuring Data of a DHW and Stable Heating System....Pages 803-807
Modelling and Monitoring Solar Energy Projects in the Dutch Agriculture....Pages 808-812
Solar Restoration of a Neoclassical Hotel in Athens, Greece....Pages 813-818
Solar Energy Storage for Zootechnic Applications....Pages 819-823
Heat Transfer in a Solar in-Door Cooker....Pages 824-827
Front Matter....Pages 829-831
Thermal Storage of Solar Energy....Pages 833-840
A European Test Procedure for Testing Solar Storage Devices....Pages 841-845
The Work within the International Energy Agency on Central Solar Heating Plants with Seasonal Storage....Pages 846-857
A Seasonal Storage Solar Heating System for the Charlestown, Boston Navy Yard National Historic Park....Pages 858-863
Validation of the Generalized Model Based Storage Test Procedure by means of Dynamic Simulation Tests....Pages 864-870
Salt Gradient Solar Pond for Solar Heat Collection and Long Term Storage....Pages 871-875
Solar Heating with Annual Heat Storage — Modelling and Practice....Pages 876-880
Seasonal Storage of Building Waste Heat in an Aquifer....Pages 881-885
Front Matter....Pages 829-831
The Seasonal Heat Store in Groningen....Pages 886-893
The Sunclay and Kullavik Projects — Heat Storage in Clay at Low and High Temperature....Pages 894-898
Thermal Analysis of the Behaviour of a Low-Pressure Hot-Water Store....Pages 899-904
The Solar Heat Storage Twin-System of the Lübeck Solar House as an Example of a 2nd Generation Interseasonal Storage Concept....Pages 905-909
Thermal Performance Testing of a Latent Heat Storage Unit....Pages 910-914
Soil Mechanics Aspects of Seasonal Heat Storage in Groningen....Pages 915-919
Long Term Storage of Solar Energy in Silicagel-Water Systems for Space Heating....Pages 920-924
Thermal Heat Storage in Solar Heating Systems for Domestic Hot Water Supply....Pages 925-929
Seasonal Storage Test Pit. Testing of a 500 M 3 Store....Pages 930-934
Seasonal Heat Storage in Underground Warm Water Pit (Design of a 30.−50.000 m 3 storage)....Pages 935-940
The Sodiumsulphide/Water System as a Chemical Heat Pump Used for Long Term Energy Storage....Pages 941-945
A General Method for Determining the Overall Heat Transfer Coefficient of Thermal Storage Embedded Materials....Pages 946-951
Determination of the Thermal Behaviour of a Phase Change Encapsulated Material Packed Bed Using Air as Transfer Fluid....Pages 952-957
Solar Heating of a Large Office Building Using Seasonal Aquifer Thermal Energy Storage....Pages 958-962
Thermal Losses Analysis of an Interseasonal Heat Storage in the Soil: Field Trials and Numerical Models....Pages 963-967
Comparison between Two Different Underground Seasonal Storage systems using a Water Vessel and Soil Heating Tubes....Pages 968-972
Physical Model for the Study of Mass and Energy Transfers in the Non-Saturated Layer of Soil Located Above a Solar Energy Storage Zone....Pages 973-977
Design and Building of a Test Facility for Thermal Storage Units Between −30°C and + 90°C....Pages 978-982
Evaluation of the Annual Heat Losses of an In-Ground Heat Storage....Pages 983-986
Sizing a Latent Heat Storage with Shell and Tubes Heat Exchanger a New Simplified Method....Pages 987-991
Front Matter....Pages 829-831
Optimal Control Strategy of Solar Heating Systems Using a Long Term Heat Storage....Pages 992-996
Experimentation d’un Systeme de Chauffage Utilisant Pompe  Chaleur et Stockage de Glace (résultats 82/83)....Pages 997-1000
Experimentation of Space Heating by Heliogeothermal Doublet in Aulnay-Sous-Bois....Pages 1001-1005
Transient Heat Conduction in a PCM Heat Storage with Metal Structures....Pages 1006-1010
Economic Passive Solar Warm-Air Heating and Ventilating System Combined with Short Term Storage within Building Components for Residential Houses....Pages 1011-1015
Experimentation on a Long Term Rock-Bed Thermal Storage....Pages 1016-1020
Project Wolfsburg-Glockenberg, IEA-Task VII: Central Heating Plants with Seasonal Storage....Pages 1021-1030
Study of the Thermal Behaviour in Free Temperature Evolution of a Passive Solar Inhabited House with High Inertia and Long Period Soil Heat Storage....Pages 1031-1035
Thermal Storage in Phase Change Materials. Application to a Solar Air Space Heating System....Pages 1036-1042
Energetic Behaviour and Economic Evaluation of an Interseasonal Combined Solar Heat Pump System for Commercial Building Space Conditioning....Pages 1043-1047
Design Considerations for Short Term Heat Storage Systems....Pages 1048-1054
Back Matter....Pages 1055-1059