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 …

Accurate estimation of thermal ground properties is needed to optimally apply shallow
geothermal energy technologies, which are of growing importance for the heating and …

The effective ground thermal conductivity and borehole thermal resistance constitute
information needed to design a ground-source heat pump (GSHP). In situ thermal response …

The thermal response test (TRT) in an aquifer establishes a relationship between the
groundwater flow rate and the recorded temperature response curve of temporal ground …

Ground source heat pump systems (GSHPs) for soil heat utilization have been widely
concerned in the world due to their energy saving, high efficiency, and no pollutant …

In this paper for the first time the Moving Line Source (MLS) model is combined with a depth-
resolved Thermal Response Test (TRT). The latter was performed in a heterogeneous and …

Thermal response tests are used to assess the subsurface thermal conductivity to design
ground-coupled heat pump systems. Conventional tests are cumbersome and require a …

Four new first-order approximation models using the time derivative of fluid temperature to
interpret the first hours of the heating and recovery phases of a thermal response test are …

Coastal regions undergo dynamic changes due to tidal forces, posing distinct challenges for
groundwater management and utilization of ground source heat pump (GSHP) systems. This …

The construction of “green” buildings using geothermal energy requires knowledge of the
ground thermal conductivity, assessed when designing the heating and cooling system of …