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http://dx.doi.org/10.5762/KAIS.2018.19.10.128

A Study on the Effects of Design Parameters of Vertical Ground Heat Exchanger on the Borehole Thermal Resistance  

Chang, Keun Sun (Department of Mechanical Engineering, Sunmoon University)
Kim, Min-Jun (Korea Refrigeration and Air-conditioning Assessment Center)
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Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society / v.19, no.10, 2018 , pp. 128-135 More about this Journal
Abstract
Currently, vertical closed ground heat exchangers are the most widely utilized geothermal heat pump systems and the major influencing parameters on the performance of ground heat exchangers are the ground thermal conductivity(k) and borehole thermal resistance($R_b$). In this study, the borehole thermal resistance was calculated from the in-situ thermal response test data and the individual effects of design parameters (flow rate, number of pipe, grout composition) on the borehole thermal resistance were analyzed. The grout thermal resistance was also compared with the correlations in the literatures. The borehole thermal resistance of the investigated ground heat exchanger results in 0.1303 W/m.K and the grout thermal resistance (66.6% of borehole thermal resistance) is the most influencing parameter on borehole heat transfer compared to the other design parameters (pipe thermal resistance, 31.5% and convective thermal resistance, 1.9%). In addition, increasing the thermal conductivity of grout by adding silica sand to Bentonite is more effective than the other design improvements, such as an increase in circulating flowrate or number of tubes on enhancing borehole heat transfer.
Keywords
Geothermal Heat Pump System; GHE : Ground Heat Exchanger; Ground Thermal Conductivity; Borehole Thermal Resistance; TRT: Thermal Response Test;
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