Techno-environmental Assessment of Integrated Nocturnal Solar Collector and U-Tube Ground-source Heat Exchanger for Space Cooling Application in UAE

Author(s):  
Shek A Rahman ◽  
Bismah Shaikh ◽  
Shiekh Khaleduzzaman Shah ◽  
Ahmed Hachicha ◽  
Mamdouh Al Haj Assad
Proceedings ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 51 (1) ◽  
pp. 24
Author(s):  
Piotr Rynkowski

In this paper, experimental studies were performed for a solar ground source heat pump system (SGSHPS) with a vertical ground heat exchanger (VGHE). The experiment was operated during the summer in 2018. The heat from the solar collector was monitored by measuring the inlet and outlet temperatures and flow rate of the heat transfer fluids. An energy equilibrium balance carried out indicates heat extraction from the solar collector to the ground heat exchanger. It has been established that clear impact is achieved within a radius of 5 m. The average temperature of the actively regenerated borehole was higher than that of the undisturbed profile, which has a direct impact on the significant benefits of the coefficient of performance (COP) of the ground source heat pump system (GSHPS) and effectively helps soil regeneration. The average efficiency ratio of the heat transferred from solar radiation to soil in the SGSHPS was 42.3%.


2011 ◽  
Vol 393-395 ◽  
pp. 943-946
Author(s):  
Zhen Yu Du

In this paper, the mathematical physical model of the heat and moisture transfer, which is about a vertical single-U-tube heat exchanger of a ground source heat pump (GSHP), is used to simulate the soil temperature fields inside drilling around a vertical single-U-tube ground source heat exchanger. The soil temperature fields inside drilling in the GSHP project running for one year are computed numerically. It shows that soil structure, cooling and heating load, cooling and heating period, and convalescence period have been determined by practical engineering conditions, the distance in the plane between drillings have a huge influence on heat transfer effect, only when the distance is designed reasonably, can it be possible to make sure normal heat transfer efficiency.


2013 ◽  
Vol 724-725 ◽  
pp. 909-915
Author(s):  
Ping Fang Hu ◽  
Zhong Yi Yu ◽  
Fei Lei ◽  
Na Zhu ◽  
Qi Ming Sun ◽  
...  

A vertical U-tube ground heat exchanger can be utilized to exchange heat with the soil in ground source heat pump systems. The outlet temperature of the working fluid through the U-tube not only accounts for heat transfer capacity of a ground heat exchanger, but also greatly affects the operational efficiency of heat pump units, which is an important characteristic parameter of heat transfer process. It is quantified by defining a thermal effectiveness coefficient. The performance evaluation is performed with a three dimensional numerical model using a finite volume technique. A dynamic simulation was conducted to analyze the thermal effectiveness as a function of soil thermal properties, backfill material properties, separation distance between the two tube legs, borehole depth and flow velocity of the working fluid. The influence of important characteristic parameters on the heat transfer performance of vertical U-tube ground heat exchangers is investigated, which may provide the references for the design of ground source heat pump systems in practice.


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