The Effects of Different Land Covers on Foundation Heat Exchangers Design in Chinese Rural Areas

Xing, Lu, Li, Liheng, Nan, Chi and Hu, Pingfang (2017) The Effects of Different Land Covers on Foundation Heat Exchangers Design in Chinese Rural Areas. Procedia Engineering, 205. pp. 2449-2456. ISSN 1877-7058

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Abstract

The Ground Source Heat Pump (GSHP) system is extensively applied all around world for building heating and cooling. A new system type which uses foundation heat exchangers (FHXs) to reduce system capital cost has been suggested. This paper aims at studying the effects of different land covers on FHXs design lengths; consequently these affect the system capital cost. The FHXs are more applicable to rural areas since it requires enough space for laying the heat exchangers. In Chinese rural area, FHXs buried at 8 locations in 4 different cli-mates are investigated. In each location, the FHX design lengths under bare soil, concrete and vegetation are simulated. It is found that, in warm climates, land cover type has little effect on the results. In other climates, the FHX design length under bare soil and results under concrete are respectively 5.8%-18.1% and 15.9%-38.3% longer than the results under vegetation cover.

Item Type: Article
Subjects: H100 General Engineering
H800 Chemical, Process and Energy Engineering
H900 Others in Engineering
Department: Faculties > Engineering and Environment > Mechanical and Construction Engineering
Depositing User: Rachel Branson
Date Deposited: 30 Nov 2020 11:50
Last Modified: 31 Jul 2021 13:51
URI: http://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/44862

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