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 …

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

Geothermal Heat Pumps, or Ground Coupled Heat Pumps (GCHP), are systems combining
a heat pump with a ground heat exchanger (closed loop systems), or fed by ground water …

In the design of a ground-source heat pump (GSHP) system, the heat transfer from the fluid
to the ground is influenced by the thermal borehole resistance between the fluid and the …

Heat transfer around vertical ground heat exchangers is a common problem for the design
and simulation of ground-coupled heat pump (GCHP) systems. Most models are based on …

Boreholes and energy piles coupled with ground source heat pump plants utilize renewable
geothermal energy for buildings heating and cooling purposes and need proper design and …

This paper introduces a new methodology for the generation of thermal response factors of
geothermal bore fields using the concept of g-functions introduced by Eskilson. Boreholes …

Geothermal heat pumps are becoming more and more popular as the price of fossil fuels is
increasing and a strong reduction of anthropogenic CO 2 emissions is needed. The energy …

Buildings consume approximately ¾ of the total electricity generated in the United States,
contributing significantly to fossil fuel emissions. Sustainable and renewable energy …