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http://dx.doi.org/10.7843/kgs.2014.30.4.93

Evaluation of Thermal Response Test of Energy Pile  

Yoon, Seok (Dept. of Civil and Environmental Eng., KAIST)
Lee, Seung-Rae (Dept. of Civil and Environmental Eng., KAIST)
Kim, Min-Jun (Dept. of Civil and Environmental Eng., KAIST)
Go, Gyu-Hyun (Dept. of Civil and Environmental Eng., KAIST)
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Journal of the Korean Geotechnical Society / v.30, no.4, 2014 , pp. 93-99 More about this Journal
Abstract
Use of geothermal energy has been increased for its economical application and environmentally friendly utilization. Particularly, for energy piles, a spiral coil type ground heat exchanger (GHE) is more preferred than line type GHEs such as U and W shaped GHEs. A PHC energy pile with spiral coil type GHE was installed in an area of partially saturated dredged soil deposit, and a thermal response test (TRT) was conducted for 240 hours under a continuous operation condition. Besides, remolded soil samples from different layers were collected in the field, and soil specimens were reconstructed according to the field ground condition. Non-steady state probe methods were conducted in the lab, and ground thermal conductivity and thermal diffusivity were measured for the different soil layers. An equivalent ground thermal conductivity was calculated from the lab test results and it was compared with the field TRT result. The difference was less than 5%, which advocates the use of an equivalent ground thermal conductivity for the multi-layered ground. Furthermore, this paper also represents an equivalent ground thermal diffusivity evaluation method which is another very important design parameter.
Keywords
Energy pile; Spiral coil; Thermal response test; Non-steady state probe method;
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