Browse > Article

Daily Cooling Performance Comparison of a Geothermal Heat Pump System between Energy-Pile and Energy-Slab  

Choi, Jong-Min (Department of Mechanical Engineering, Hanbant National University)
Park, Yong-Jung (R&D Center, Daihan Climate Co. Ltd.)
Kang, Shin-Hyung (Department of Mechanical Engineering, Konyang University)
Publication Information
Journal of the Korean Society for Geothermal and Hydrothermal Energy / v.8, no.3, 2012 , pp. 29-35 More about this Journal
Abstract
Geothermal heat pump system has been spotlighted as an efficient building energy system, because it has great potentials for reducing energy in building air conditioning and reducing $CO_2$ emissions. However, higher initial cost is a barrier to the promotion of its use. Energy-pile and energy-slab are known as low cost ground heat exchangers comparing with conventional ground heat exchangers, because they utilize building structures as ground heat exchangers. This paper presents the daily cooling performance of a geothermal heat pump system with energy-pile and energy-slab. The energy-piles and the energy-slabs are connected to heat pump units in parallel. The cooling capacity of the system was nearly constant due to the stability of the ground heat exchangers. The stability of the energy-pile was a little higher than that of the energy-stab as a heat sink.
Keywords
Geothermal heat pump; COP; Energy-Pile; Energy-Slab;
Citations & Related Records
연도 인용수 순위
  • Reference