GROUND-COUPLED HEAT PUMP SYSTEM. EXPERIMENTAL RESULTS.

Author(s) : METZ P. D.

Summary

SINCE OCTOBER 1980, A SMALL HOUSE IN LONG ISLAND HAS BEEN HEATED AND COOLED BY A LIQUID-SOURCE HEAT PUMP USING A SHALLOW SERPENTINE EARTH COIL AS A HEAT SOURCE/SINK. THE HEAT PUMP USED IS A COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE WATER-TO-AIR UNIT. THE EARTH COIL CONTAINS 155 M OF 4 CM MEDIUM-DENSITY POLYETHYLENE PIPE AND IS BURIED 1.2 M DEEP. AN ANTIFREEZE SOLUTION CONSISTING OF APPROXIMATELY 25% ETHYLENE GLYCOL IN WATER IS EMPLOYED TO PERMIT SUBFREEZING EARTH-COIL OPERATION.

Details

  • Original title: GROUND-COUPLED HEAT PUMP SYSTEM. EXPERIMENTAL RESULTS.
  • Record ID : 1985-0266
  • Languages: English
  • Publication date: 1983
  • Source: Source: ASHRAE Trans.
    vol. 89; n. 2B; 407-415; 6 fig.; 2 tabl.; 9 ref.
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