Solar heating at an observatory

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Aug 1976

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1976s%26t....52...84h&link_type=abstract

Sky and Telescope, vol. 52, Aug. 1976, p. 84, 85.

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Astronomical Observatories, Solar Heating, Energy Conversion Efficiency, Energy Technology, High Temperature Air, Solar Collectors

Scientific paper

The experimental solar energy system used to heat the observer's quarters of Lowell Observatory on Anderson Mesa, Arizona, is described. The system incorporates two collectors with a total effective area of 170 sq ft, about 40% of the floor area to be heated. Black-painted corrugated iron is used in one collector; the other utilizes 1254 discarded aluminum soft-drink cans in 57 parallel arrays. Air from separate blower systems driven by a 1/3 horsepower motor is forced under the iron sheeting and between the open-end cans of the collectors. Energy from the heated air is stored in three tons of rocks.

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