Lakeland College: Energy Cabin

Renewable Energy Cabin
Renewable Energy and Conservation Program

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Last Updated: 2010-09-03 15:30:00

General Information
3.096kg of CO2 was offset by the solar panels yesterday.

Weather Data
Outside Temperature: 22.2C
Inside Temperature: 25.0C
Wind Speed: 6.4km/hr
Wind Direction: SSE
Wind Chill: 22.2C
High Speed: 11.3km/hr
Rain: 0mm

Solar PV Data
PV Voltage: 065V
PV Current: 04A
Charger Current MX: 0.4A
Battery Voltage FX: 50.0V
Daily kWh: 04.7kWh
AC output Voltage: 119V
Solar Radiation: 302W/m2

Solar Thermal Data
Collector Cold Temperature: 40.1C
Collector Hot Temperature: 47.37C
Solar Collector Glycol Flowrate: 1.216L/min
Solar Heat: 570.81946W
Tank Temperature: 33.23C
Solar Air Input Temp: 28.82C
Solar Air Output Temp: 26.84C
Solar Air Heat: 0Watts
Ground Tank Bottom Temperature: 42.36C
Ground Tank Top Temperature: 42.34C

Wind Data

Wind data coming soon

Located in Vermilion, the Renewable Energy Cabin is an on-line laboratory for students in our Renewable Energy and Conservation Program. The on-line students have access to this practical hands-on lab via the internet.

The Energy Cabin operates completely off-grid and has 1.75 Kw of solar photovoltaic panels, about 2000 W of solar evacuated solar hot water collectors, a solar hot air recirculation collector on the south wall and a 3 Kw wind turbine. The solar thermal heat is used to supplement space heating in the building using hot water and hot air collectors.

Solar kWh Generated From PV Solar Hot Water Temperatures Solar Space Heating Solar Air Heat Panels Solar Air Heat Watts Horizontal Solar Radiation Temperatures Battery Voltage Ground Tank Temperatures