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COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL EARTH COUPLED HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS.

Author(s) : TRELEASE S. W.

Type of article: Article

Summary

ILLUSTRATES AND DESCRIBES AN EXTENSION OF THE CLOSED LOOP WATER SOURCE HEAT PUMP SYSTEM IN WHICH THE BOILER AND COOLING TOWER ARE ELIMINATED IN FAVOUR OF A HEAT EXCHANGER BURIED IN THE EARTH. STATES THAT THE REDUCED ENERGY CONSUMPTION AND EXTRAORDINARILY FLAT ELECTRICAL DEMAND PROFILE MAKE THIS A SYSTEM THAT DESERVES SERIOUS CONSIDERATION FOR MANY BUILDINGS. DESCRIBES HOW ANSWERS MAY BE FOUND TO THE QUESTIONS OF SIZING THE EARTH COIL, WHAT MATERIALS AND INSTALLATION TECHNIQUES TO SPECIFY. DESCRIBES EARTH COUPLING METHODS INCLUDING HORIZONTAL AND VERTICAL APPLICATIONS. NOTES THAT COMMERCIAL APPLICATIONS ARE INCREASING SIGNIFICANTLY. (INT. BUILD. SERV. ABSTR., GB.,24, N 5, 1989/09-10, 89-01376.

Details

  • Original title: COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL EARTH COUPLED HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS.
  • Record ID : 1990-0784
  • Languages: English
  • Publication date: 1989
  • Source: Source: Energy Eng.
    vol. 86; n. 4; 48-58; 10 fig.
  • Document available for consultation in the library of the IIR headquarters only.

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