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DESIGN METHODS FOR GROUND-SOURCE HEAT PUMPS.

Author(s) : BALL D. A., FISCHER R. D., HODGETT D. L.

Summary

THE OBJECTIVES WERE TO GATHER DESIGN AND PERFORMANCE INFORMATION ON HISTORICAL AND CURRENT GROUND-COIL HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS. APPROXIMATELY 30 INDIVIDUAL GROUND-COIL HEAT PUMP DESIGN AND SIMULATION METHODOLOGIES WERE STUDIED. IT IS CONCLUDED THAT DESPITE AN INTENSE EFFORT OF EXPERIMENTAL WORK IN THE 40'S AND 50'S IN BOTH THE US AND EUROPE, NO SUITABLE GENERAL DESIGN GUIDELINES HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED. MODERN-DAY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT EFFORTS HAVE UTILIZED PLASTIC TUBING AND COMPUTERIZED ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES. IN EUROPE, THERE ARE SEVERAL WELL-DEVELOPED PROPRIETARY DESIGN AND APPLICATION METHODOLOGIES FOR NORTHERN CLIMATES.

Details

  • Original title: DESIGN METHODS FOR GROUND-SOURCE HEAT PUMPS.
  • Record ID : 1985-0268
  • Languages: English
  • Publication date: 1983
  • Source: Source: ASHRAE Trans.
    vol. 89; n. 2B; 416-440; 6 fig.; 5 tabl.; 66 ref.; discuss.
  • Document available for consultation in the library of the IIR headquarters only.

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