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Author
Mahajan, B. M.
Title
National Bureau of Standards Passive Solar Test Facility: Instrumentation and Site Handbook.
Coporate
National Bureau of Standards, Gaithersburg, MD
Sponsor
Department of Energy, Washington, DC
Report
NBSIR 84-2911
June 1984
88 p.
Distribution
Available from National Technical Information Service
Keywords
building | data acquisition | location | material | passive | property | sensor | solar | system test facility | thermophysical | wall section
Abstract
The National Bureau of Standards (NBS), under the sponsorship of the U.S. Department of Energy (DoE) has constructed a passive solar test facility. As a part of the DoE's Experimental Systems Research Program, the NBS test facility has been constructed for the purpose of acquiring and distributing to participating researchers class A level performance data for different passive systems. These data are acquired for use in: detailed building energy analysis and model/algorithm validation; and performance characterization of passive subsystems. This handbook provides a complete descritption of the test building, thermophysical properties of the building material, location of the sensors installed at the test facility, and data acquisition system and procedures.