> The question is what properties can you effectively get from out of
> it?
> Solar infrastructure has many bases to cover:
>
> 1) Electricity
> 2) Cooling and dehumdification
> 3) Heating
> 4) Hot water
>
> Now while the above system can clearly help with #3 and #4, #2 is
> iffy
> and #1 is totally unclear.

If the solar energy was very cheap then say 10% efficiency for
electricity would be tolerable if you could still use the remainder
for heating. Even steam engines manage that. Steam is capable of over
20% efficiency so a 10% target is probably acceptable. Half my roof in
winter at 50% thermal capture and 10% conversion to electricity using
steam is about 10 kWh of electricity and 90 kWh of heating. In summer
its almost 4 times that.

If the plant was sized to deal with summer power you'd have 40 kWh /
day for summer cooling if desired. The hotter the day the more he
cooling available.



        Russell




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