Decreasing the energy consumption of heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC)
systems is becoming increasingly important due to rising cost of fossil fuels and …

When designing ground heat exchangers used with ground source heat pump systems, a
critical design property is the thermal conductivity of the ground. Thermal response tests are …

The ability of thermal energy storage (TES) systems to facilitate energy savings, renewable
energy use and reduce environmental impact has led to a recent resurgence in their interest …

This authoritative guide provides a basis for understanding the emerging technology of
ground source heating and cooling. It equips engineers, geologists, architects, planners and …

A large number of ground-coupled heat pump (GCHP) systems have been used in
residential and commercial buildings throughout the world due to the attractive advantages …

This paper describes the field performance of air conditioning with an energy pile system,
which was applied to the pile foundations of an actual building for the purpose of reducing …

Thermo-physical properties of the ground play a vital role in heat transfer of ground heat
exchangers (GHE) of ground source heat pump (GSHP) systems. Design and planning of …

To assess the geothermal energy for a district heating and cooling system in Shanghai,
China, a case study of ground heat exchangers for a ground-coupled heat pump (GCHP) …

This paper investigates the transient heat conduction around the buried spiral coils which
could be applied in the ground-coupled heat pump systems with the pile foundation as a …

This paper examines thermal performance of a ground source heat pump (GSHP) system.
The GSHP system was installed in an office building in Nuremberg city of Germany. In order …