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http://dx.doi.org/10.5762/KAIS.2020.21.1.512

An Analysis on the Bleeding Effect of SCW Ground Heat Exchanger using Thermal Response Test Data  

Chang, Keun-Sun (Department of Mechanical Engineering, Sunmoon University)
Kim, Min-Jun (Department of Mechanical Engineering, Graduate School of Sunmoon University)
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Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society / v.21, no.1, 2020 , pp. 512-520 More about this Journal
Abstract
Recently, the applications of the standing column well (SCW) ground heat exchanger (GHX) have increased significantly in Korea as a heat transfer mechanism of ground source heat pump systems (GSHP) because of its high heat capacity and efficiency. Among the various design and operating parameters, bleeding was found to be the most important parameter for improving the thermal performance, such as ground thermal conductivity and borehole thermal resistance. In this study, a bleeding analysis model was developed using the thermal response test data, and the effects of bleeding rates and bleeding locations on the thermal performance of anSCW were investigated. The results show that, when the ground water flows into the top of anSCW, the time variation of circulating water temperature decreased with increasing bleeding rate, and the ground thermal conductivity increases by as much as 179% with a 30% bleeding rate. When the ground water flows into the bottom of the SCW, the circulating water temperatures become almost constant after the increase in the beginning time because the circulating water exchanges heat with the ground structure before mixing with the ground water at the bottom.
Keywords
Standing Column Well; Ground Heat Exchanger; Thermal Response Test; Effective Thermal Conductivity; Borehole Thermal Resistance; Bleeding Effect;
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