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Heat Transfer Modeling of the Ground Heat Exchangers for the Ground-Coupled Heat Pump Systems

Authors: Yi Man; Ping Cui; Zhaohong Fang;

Heat Transfer Modeling of the Ground Heat Exchangers for the Ground-Coupled Heat Pump Systems

Abstract

Ground-coupled heat pump (GCHP) systems have been gaining increasing popularity for space air conditioning in buildings due to their reduced energy and maintenance costs. The efficiency of GCHP systems is inherently higher than that of the traditional options because it utilizes the ground which maintains a relatively stable temperature all the year round as a heat source/sink. Compared with traditional air-conditioning systems, the GCHP system features its ground heat exchanger (GHE), whether it is horizontally installed in trenches or as U-tubes in vertical boreholes. The advantages of vertical GHEs are that they require smaller plots of land areas, and can yield the most efficient GCHP system performance. The vertical GHEs are usually constructed by inserting one or two high-density polyethylene Utubes in vertical boreholes, which are referred to as single U-tube or double U-tube GHEs, respectively. The boreholes should be grouted to provide better thermal conductance and prevent groundwater from possible contamination. Borehole depths usually range from 40 to 200 meters with diameter of 100 to 150 millimeters. The schematic diagram of a borehole with U-tubes in vertical GHEs is illustrated in Fig. 1.

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