[General] Heating Note

[Erik Arendall]

It would be interesting to see what kind of heat gain could be picked up from solar radiation. 
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From: Ethan Chew <spacefelix at gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 3 Jan 2011 18:54:57 
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Subject: Re: [General] Heating Note

Hmm,

       Looks interesting.  We could use water as the working fluid and dump
the heat into an old insulated water heater.  This would then make it viable
as a solar water heater as well as a building heater.  The only issue is to
heat our building (~25000 ft^3, from 50'x50'x10') overnight when we are
using it will require a sizable amount of water to store heat in or a lesser
amount of water at a high temperature.  Will need to look at the
thermodynamics of it to determine those sizes as well as at what insulation
values and temperature ranges can it be feasible.

                             - Ethan

On Mon, Jan 3, 2011 at 5:36 PM, Erik Arendall <earendall at gmail.com> wrote:

> Here is a idea seed. Install a serpentine ABS pipe and circulate water
> through the pipes using a pump driven off a solar panel. Then inside use a
> heat exchanger. Discuss.
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