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Development and numerical simulation of a snow-melting system using geothermal energy collected by building piles.

[In Japanese. / En japonais.]

Author(s) : TAKEUCHI M., KIMURA T., MIYAMOTO S., TSUBOTA Y.

Type of article: Article

Summary

A new snow-melting system was developed. It uses the geothermal energy collected by building piles with circulating water, and is controlled by a snow cover sensor. In the experiment, the snow cover on the 20.8 m2 concrete-surfaced test section was melted by the thermal output from two concrete piles of 0.31 m inner diameter and 22 m length. A numerical simulation was also done in order to evaluate the system, where the piles and the heating pipes buried in the concrete-surfaced test section were treated as a connected system. The comparisons of the numerical results with the experimental ones show good agreement.

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  • Original title: [In Japanese. / En japonais.]
  • Record ID : 1994-0552
  • Languages: Japanese
  • Subject: General information
  • Source: SHASE - n. 52
  • Publication date: 1993/06
  • Document available for consultation in the library of the IIR headquarters only.

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