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http://dx.doi.org/10.6110/KJACR.2011.23.6.392

Performance Simulation of Ground-Coupled Heat Pump(GCHP) System for a Detached House  

Sohn, Byong-Hu (Plant Research Division, Korea Institute of Construction Technology)
Choi, Jong-Min (Department of Mechanical Engineering, Hanbat National University)
Choi, Hang-Seok (School of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering, Korea University)
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Korean Journal of Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Engineering / v.23, no.6, 2011 , pp. 392-399 More about this Journal
Abstract
Ground-coupled heat pump(GCHP) systems have been shown to be an environmentally-friendly, efficient alternative to traditional cooling and heating systems in both residential and commercial applications. Although some work related to performance evaluation of GCHP systems for commercial buildings has been done, relatively little has been reported on the residential applications. The aim of this study is to evaluate the cooling and heating performances of a vertical GCHP system applied to an artificial detached house($117\;m^2$) in Seoul. For this purpose, a typical design procedure was involved with a combination of design parameters such as building loads, heat pump capacity, borehole diameter, and ground thermal properties, etc. The cooling and heating performance simulation of the system was conducted with different prediction times of 8760 hours and 240 months. The performance characteristics including seasonal system COP, average annual power consumption, and temperature variations related to ground heat exchanger were calculated and compared.
Keywords
Ground-coupled heat pump; Vertical ground heat exchanger; Detached house; Hourly performance simulation; Monthly performance simulation;
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