Lecture 9 Solar Heating – Ch. 6

• Solar Heating Today

• Domestic Water Heating

• Passive Solar Space Heating

• Active Solar Space Heating

• Thermal Energy Storage

Fig. 6-17, p. 177

p. 178

Fig. 6-18, p. 179

Fig. 6-20, p. 182

Fig. 6-21, p. 182

Fig. 6-24, p. 185

Direct Gain Solar Heating

Fig. 6-26, p. 186

Indirect Gain With A Trombe Wall

Fig. 6-27, p. 188

Indirect Gain & Direct Combination as Greenhouse

Fig. 6-28, p. 188

Thermosiphoning Air Panel Collector

Table 6-4, p. 189

Fig. 6-29, p. 190

Active SolarFig. 6-30, p. 191

Fig. 6-31, p. 192

Fig. 6-32, p. 192

Important Equations In Solar Energy

Q = I.ε.AI = average insolation ε = efficiency of collectorA = surface area of collector

Q = m.c.∆T m = mass of storage substancec = specific heat of storage substance∆T = storage temp - ambient temp

Understand examples on page193 & 194

Table 6-5, p. 194

Table 6-6, p. 195