Dec 20 1976
From The Space Library
MSFC announced opening of a new solar heating and cooling test facility, part of a nationwide demonstration program conducted by ERDA, to evaluate solar-powered systems and components and determine their efficiency and suitability for residential and commercial applications. Systems tested would mainly be those built by commercial manufacturers, but would include experimental systems provided by ERDA and NASA. The facility occupied an area formerly used for testing in the Saturn program, and data-acquisition equipment used in that program would be used in the new facility to collect and store information on the effectiveness of the units under test. The site could accommodate 511 m2 of solar collectors at one time. The facility could test air and liquid units for air conditioning (up to 10 tons) or heating (systems up to 500 000 Btu); it included a test bed for evaluating efficiency of tanks to store heat collected by the systems for use when there was no sunlight. Systems meeting the criteria for operation, maintenance, and performance would be installed in buildings throughout the country for trial use. (NASA Release 76-211)
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