โ Scribed by R. Ta'ani; H. El-Mulki; M. Kabariti; S. Batarseh
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This paper reports the results of the Research and Development (R&D) work carried out on the Jordanian solar house. The Royal Scientific Society (RSS) and the Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research (KISR) are performing a joint R&D project to investigate the possibilities of using solar energy for space heating in Jordan and for space cooling in Kuwait. A solar house was built in Amman (latitude 32" 01 ', longitude 35 ยฐ 3Y, elevation 980 m), where both passive and active design criteria were considered by the designer. The house has two sections, the living space (65 m 2) and the mechanical room (45 m2). The overall loss coefficient (U ร area) was estimated to be 258 W ยฐC-t. Two heating systems are investigated in the framework of this project ; the underfloor heating system, which was investigated through the winter 1982 1983 and the fan coil unit system, which is currently under investigation. The Solar Wate~Space Heating System consists of 40 m 2 of locally made fiat plate collectors, 2.5 m 3 storage tank, auxiliary oilfired burner and the necessary piping and control equipments. The results show that the collectors' integrated efficiency was measured as 22.67%, the heat load is considerably high and the share of solar energy to the total load requirements was 22%. Measures were considered to decrease the heating load and to increase the solar system efficiency.
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