Solar energy installation for the project 'Motto di Lena' in Minusio/Tessin
Abstract
The considered installation represents now probably the largest solar energy project in Switzerland. The project includes solar energy collectors with an area of 100 sq m and heat storage facilities, based on the use of water, with a volume of 225 cu m. The installation provides energy for heating five apartments and for supplying them with hot water. It was found that, during the first operational year, 72% of the entire energy required could be provided by solar energy. The remainder of the energy needed was supplied by an auxiliary electrical heating system. Attention is given to aspects of constructional design, details concerning the collection and utilization of solar energy, the costs of the system and its operation, and the evaluation of the obtained data.
- Publication:
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Zeitschrift fuer Heizung, Lueftung, Klimatechnik, Haustechnik
- Pub Date:
- August 1977
- Bibcode:
- 1977ZHLK...28..289R
- Keywords:
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- Domestic Energy;
- Energy Technology;
- Solar Collectors;
- Solar Houses;
- Annual Variations;
- Auxiliary Power Sources;
- Clean Energy;
- Energy Requirements;
- Heat Storage;
- Switzerland;
- Energy Production and Conversion