Solar Integrated Power Shelter System (SIPSS) for Basic Expeditionary Airfield Resources (BEAR) (Briefing Slides)
Abstract
Extreme ambient temperatures and ineffective shelter insulation are known causes for elevated power demands to cool expeditionary shelters. Studies have shown that around 60% of expeditionary power demand is for shelter cooling. Elevated demands for power requires increasing the number of generators, which results in greater demands for fuel. Therefore, reducing the demand for power will in turn reduce demand for fuel. The BEAR Solar Power Demonstration at Holloman AFB summer 2008 showed that generating power from renewable photovoltaic (PV) energy sources could reduce shelter energy demands and logistic support for base operations, and also showed the potential reduced demand provided by shading the shelters with a fly. Results from the demonstration provided a systems performance snapshot substantial enough to warrant further investigation to include PV technology for shelters in BEAR, and to evaluate thermal insulation and solar fly technologies to improve shelter thermal efficiency to further reduce demands. This presentation will focus on the follow up efforts to the BEAR Solar Power Demonstration to implement renewable sources and develop Solar Integrated Power Shelter Systems (SIPSS) for BEAR. The goal for SIPSS is to generate 3 kWp power and reduce demands by 50% to allow cooling two shelters with a single environmental control unit (ECU). In these efforts, deployable shelters are retrofit with improved or emerging shelter liner (insulation), shelter fly, and/or thin film PV modules and evaluated for their effectiveness to improve efficiency and reduce energy consumption.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Feb 01, 2011
- Accession Number
- ADA542005
Entities
People
- Miriam V. Keith
- Rodney A. Fisher