Browsing Proceedings of the IGSHPA Research Track 2018 by Issue Date
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Geothermal storage integration into supermarket's CO2 refrigeration system
(International Ground Source Heat Pump Association, 2018)This paper investigates the integration of geothermal storage into the state-of-the-art CO2 trans-critical booster systems. The objective is to evaluate the impact on energy efficiency of this integration. Three scenarios ... -
Experimental setup to measure the heat-exchange processes by controlling thermal and hydraulic conditions
(International Ground Source Heat Pump Association, 2018)The design of a Borehole Heat Exchanger (BHE) is based on the evaluation of the thermal exchange capacity of the whole system constituted by the probes and the surrounding ground. The energy performance of a BHE mainly ... -
Thermal analysis models of deep borehole heat exchangers
(International Ground Source Heat Pump Association, 2018)With the advantages of much less land demand and higher temperature available, the deep borehole heat exchanger (DBHE) gets down to a depth of 1000-3000 m below the ground surface, and provides a new variance of ground-coupled ... -
Upgrade of the B2G dynamic geothermal heat exchanger model: Optimal location of the ground nodes
(International Ground Source Heat Pump Association, 2018)In order to optimize the design and operation of a ground source heat pump system, the modeling of the Borehole Heat Exchanger (BHE) and its coupling to the heat pump operation becomes crucial. This becomes key for those ... -
Thermal influence of neighbouring GSHP installations: Relevance of heat load temporal resolution
(International Ground Source Heat Pump Association, 2018)In densely populated areas where many ground source heat pump (GSHP) systems are present, it becomes important to consider the thermal influence of neighbouring GSHP installations while designing these systems. This question ... -
Newton-Raphson method applied to the time-superposed ILS for parameter estimation in Thermal Response Tests
(International Ground Source Heat Pump Association, 2018)Thermal Response Testing is now a well-known and widely-used method allowing the determination of the local thermal or geometrical properties of a Borehole Heat Exchanger (BHE), those properties being critical in the design ... -
Impacts of injection temperature on the relevant heat transport processes in groundwater heat pump (GWHP) systems
(International Ground Source Heat Pump Association, 2018)In many hydrogeological applications, the influence of temperature on fluid density and viscosity have often been neglected. However, high contrasts in temperature which occurs in the field applications such as groundwater ... -
Parameters optimization of ground source heat pump system combined energy consumption and economic analysis using Taguchi method
(International Ground Source Heat Pump Association, 2018)In order to obtain a high performance and low cost of ground source heat pump (GSHP) system, a methodology based on Taguchi method and analysis of variance (ANOVA) is used to optimize design parameters of GSHP systems. ... -
Impact of a demand-side management strategy in operating a hybrid geo-district energy system for a high-rise mixed-use residential building in Toronto, Canada
(International Ground Source Heat Pump Association, 2018)In Ontario, Canada, the building thermal energy market is largely driven by the low cost of natural gas as a heating fuel source, with natural gas rates being approximately five times less per unit energy than electricity. ... -
Dynamic modeling of flow boiling within plate heat exchangers for heat pump and refrigeration applications
(International Ground Source Heat Pump Association, 2018)Brazed Plate Heat Exchangers (BPHEs) are increasingly used as evaporators for refrigeration and heat pump applications. Detailed understanding of the underlying heat transfer phenomena is required for their effective design ... -
Understanding transient heat transfer in large-scale ground heat exchanger (GHE) matrices: Insights from high-resolution analytical solutions
(International Ground Source Heat Pump Association, 2018)This paper reports on a set of high-resolution analytical solutions, which combines a composite-medium line-source solution, the conventional finite and infinite line-source solutions, and a quasi-3D model for fluid inside ... -
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Temperature profile measurements - easy, cheap and informative
(International Ground Source Heat Pump Association, 2018)Regular thermal response tests (TRT) are routinely performed to get data for sizing larger installations with borehole heat exchangers. The effective borehole thermal conductivity and the effective borehole thermal resistance ... -
Double source heat pump: A case study
(International Ground Source Heat Pump Association, 2018)The design of a Ground Source Heat Pump (GSHP) system is critical because design choices affect the system's energy performance and operating conditions. If the thermal load profile on the ground side is unbalanced the ... -
Full-scale model to predict borehole fluid temperature with groundwater advection
(International Ground Source Heat Pump Association, 2018)Ground source heat pump (GSHP) system is one of the major techniques that utilize shallow geothermal energy and borehole heat exchangers (BHEs) is the key component in GSHP system. Although most proposed analytical models ... -
Pulsated Thermal Response Test experiments and modelling for ground thermal property estimation
(International Ground Source Heat Pump Association, 2018)The Thermal Response Test (TRT) is a well known experimental technique for estimating both the ground thermal conductivity and the effective borehole heat exchangers (BHE) resistance in ground coupled heat pump (GCHP) ... -
Preliminary research for eight possible groundwater energy utilisation sites in Southern Finland
(International Ground Source Heat Pump Association, 2018)Groundwater energy utilisation has not been widely regognised as a significant renewable energy source for industry in Finland. This investigation provides example of cost-effective study to map groundwater energy utilisation ... -
Soil thermal conductivity from early TRT logs using an active hybrid optic fibre system
(International Ground Source Heat Pump Association, 2018)At the Molinella test site in Italy, a monitoring well has been equipped with a hybrid active optical fibre cable down to the depth of 100 m sealed with geothermal grouting. The cored borehole provided a full stratigraphic ... -
Hydrogeothermal characterization and modelling of a standing column well experimental installation
(International Ground Source Heat Pump Association, 2018)Standing column wells (SCW) are efficient ground heat exchangers that offer promising potential for integration in dense urban areas. Recent years have witnessed a growing interest in SCWs, resulting in the development of ... -
Comparison of two simplified approaches for ground temperature estimations in Australia
(International Ground Source Heat Pump Association, 2018)Developing an accurate and practical method for ground temperature estimations are critical for the ground source heat pump system design and energy calculation procedures. In Australia, Baggs' method is a common procedure ...