ASHRAE 2008

SOLAR SHORT COURSE

Successful Solar Applications
2:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m., Monday, June 23
Salt Palace Convention Center

@ ASHRAE Annual Meeting :

Salt Lake City

June 21-25, 2008

Register for course on ASHRAE website

http://www.ashrae.org/education/

This three hour course will provide the technical information and design procedures necessary for the development, design and implementation of Successful active solar energy systems for heating service and/or process water for Commercial and Industrial facilities. The course is intended for design professionals and contractors experienced in conventional HVAC and/or plumbing design and construction (with little experience in solar) and experienced residential solar contractors considering the installation of C&I solar installations.

The course provides the information necessary to develop successful solar system designs and installations for C&I Facilities, and provides information on the locations of the references and resources required to develop and design successful solar water heating installations. The course will provide the information and examples of the procedures used to develop and design successful solar projects and evaluate the economic feasibility of potential projects.

The information presented includes (1) a brief introduction to C&I water heating, (2) solar basics, (3) solar collector and system types, (3) feasibility & site analysis, (4) design development and analysis (5) design documentation and construction phase issues and requirements. The course will provide the information required for the attendee to develop a successful design solution and/or select solar system size, equipment type, and configuration. Guidelines and resources available for selecting equipment and components including collectors, storage tanks, piping, pumps, controls, heat exchangers and heat transfer fluids. The course will also provide information on the evaluation of the economics of solar applications, available tax credits, incentives and green tags etc.

Course Outline

1. Introduction (30 min)
· C&I Solar Applications
· Solar Applications & Economics
· Solar Collectors and System types

2. C&I Water Heating Project development (45 min)
· Site Audit or Survey
· Load Analysis
· Solar System & Collector types
· Solar Basics
· Preliminary sizing

Break (15 min)

3. Design Development (45 min)
· System type
· System sizing
· Performance analysis
· Economic evaluation

Break (15)

4. Project Design, Installation & Operation: a Case Study (20 min)

5. Q&A-EVAL (10 min)

For information on other scheduled courses and locations:
Contact: cecelia@flaenergy.com or (321) 452-2173

If you have any questions on the specifics of the workshopor require additional information contact Cecelia or Henry at 321 452-2173.

Presenter: Henry M. Healey, P.E.

Healey & Associates

Mr. Healey is a Professional Engineer, General Contractor, Trainer and Educator with extensive experience in the design, acquisition, construction, commissioning and operation of solar energy projects for commercial, industrial, and governmental facilities. Mr. Healey has designed more than 100 solar water heating and photovoltaic projects for Federal, Commercial and Industrial (C&I) facilities. He routinely provides facility owners, managers and the solar community, assistance in the development, design, acquisition, construction, and installation of solar energy systems. He has developed low cost designs for process heating, conducted solar audits for new and existing applications and diagnosed problems with, corrected and returned service to poorly performing or inoperative solar systems cost effectively. He specializes in the design of cost effective systems for commercial and industrial applications, and has provided construction documents, commissioning services and developed training and operation and maintenance manuals, for architects, engineers, installers, facility managers and maintenance staff.

Mr. Healey has been actively involved in solar applications since the-mid 70's and recently designed and commissioned solar projects at NASA (KSC), the U.S. State Dept, and the National Park Service (Everglades). He assisted NASA (MSFC) in evaluation of projects in the National Solar Heating and Cooling Demonstration program and directed the Solar Facilities program for the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) and the agencies Photovoltaic program. Mr. Healey served on the Solar Federal Buildings Editorial Review Board and the US DOE Federal Photovoltaic Program Advisory Committee. He was a consultant to USDOE (ETEC) and ASHRAE for the Solar Federal Buildings Program and assisted in the development of ASHRAE's Solar Design, Installation and O & M manuals. He serves as a consultant and trainer for ASHRAE, the Florida Solar Energy Center (FSEC) and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory. Mr. Healey has assisted in the development of training programs and publications for ASHRAE, NREL and FSEC including the FEMP Solar Water Heating & FSEC's Commercial Solar System Operation and Maintenance publications.

Mr. Healey has received international recognition and awards for his solar work. He received ASHRAE's First Place Technology Award for Renewable Energy Use in 1994 for a low cost site built, large volume (30,000 gpd), solar process water heating in an agricultural application, an award from the Florida Department of Commerce and the Florida Solar Energy Industry Association for a combination of Solar Water Heating and PV projects at a Recreational Complex in 1995. Mr. Healey is experienced in solar thermal applications, photovoltaics, geothermal and integrating resource (energy & water) conservation into all energy projects. He has designed, installed, tested, evaluated and upgraded photovoltaic systems for pumping, lighting, communication, environmental monitoring and grid connection. Mr. Healey has experience in both stand alone and utility interactive solar electric power generating systems using wind, photovoltaics and biogas systems. Mr. Healey designed TVA's Small Community Photovoltaic Project which included four utility interactive residential systems, a commercial size PV generating system as well as numerous smaller stand alone photovoltaic systems for remote homes and other equipment including lighting, pumping and data collection systems.

Mr. Healey is an expert in the implementation of successful and cost effective solar energy systems. He has extensive experience in all aspects of alternative energy applications and energy conservation. He has demonstrated the ability to develop, review, evaluate and implement major energy projects and programs successfully. Mr. Healey has provided solar designs, evaluations and technical assistance to organizations such as the US Army Corps of Engineers, the Tennessee Valley Authority, NASA, the U.S. Department of Energy, the United Nations and numerous professional, commercial and industrial concerns. Mr. Healey has returned poorly performing or inoperative solar systems to service cost effectively, developed operation and maintenance manuals and provided training for NREL ASHRAE, and FSEC to architects, engineers, facility managers and the general public. He is the author of numerous publications in the energy field.