Horizontal ground coupled heat pump: Thermal-economic modeling and optimization

Energy Conversion and Management

Volumn 51, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2600-2612

  Sanaye, Sepehr ^a   Niroomand, Behzad ^a  

^a IRAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Ground coupled heat pump; Horizontal ground loop; Optimization; Thermal economic modeling

Indexed keywords

CLIMATIC CONDITIONS; DESIGN PARAMETERS; ECONOMIC MODELING; GROUND COUPLED HEAT PUMP; GROUND HEAT EXCHANGERS; GROUND LOOP; HEATING MODE; OBJECTIVE FUNCTIONS; OPERATION COST; OPTIMUM DESIGN PARAMETERS; OPTIMUM VALUE; OUTLET TEMPERATURE; SOIL TYPES; THERMAL MODELING; TOTAL ANNUAL COSTS; WATER SOURCE;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DESIGN; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; PUMPS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 77955472698     PISSN: 01968904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2010.05.026     Document Type: Article

References (22)

1. P.F. Healy, and V.I. Ugursal Performance and economic feasibility of ground source heat pumps in cold climate Int J Energy Res 21 1997 857 870
2. M. Inalli, and H. Esen Experimental thermal performance evaluation of a horizontal ground-source heat pump system Appl Therm Eng 24 2004 2219 2232
3. Y. Zhao, Z. Shigang, and L. Xun Cost-effective optimal design of groundwater source heat pumps Appl Therm Eng 23 2003 1595 1603
4. GeoSource Heat Pump Handbook. Econar Energy Systems Corporation, 2nd ed., United States; February 1993.
5. T. Kasuda, and P.R. Archenbach Earth temperature and thermal diffusivity at selected stations in the United States ASHRAE Trans 71 Part 1 1965
6. RETScreen International. Ground source heat pump project analysis. Canada: Minister of Natural Resources; 2005.
7. G.J. Van Wylen, and R.E. Sonntag Fundamentals of classical thermodynamics 4th ed. 1996 John Wiley & Sons Inc. New York
8. R.J. Dossat, and T.J. Horan Principles of refrigeration 5th ed. 2002 Prentice Hall New Jersey
9. I.H. Shames Mechanics of fluids 4th ed. 2003 McGraw Hill Book Company New York
10. S. Kakac, and H. Liu Heat exchangers: selection, rating and thermal design 2nd ed. 2002 CRC Press Boca Raton
11. R. Rawlings Ground source heat pumps - a technology review 1999 BSRIA United Kingdom
12. Kavanaugh SP, Calvert TH. Performance of ground source heat pumps in North Alabama. Final Report. Tuscaloosa: Alabama Universities and Tennessee Valley Authority Research Consortium, University of Alabama; 1995.
13. Commercial Earth Energy Systems. Canada: CANMET Energy Technology Centre; 2002.
14. W.M. Rohsenow, J.P. Hartnett, and T.I. Cho Handbook of heat transfer 3rd ed. 1998 McGraw Hill New York
15. C.P. Arora Refrigeration & air conditioning 2002 Tata, McGraw Hill New Delhi
16. J.A. Nelder, and R. Mead A simplex method for function minimization Comput J 7 1965 308 313
17. D.E. Goldberg Genetic algorithms in search, optimization and machine learning 1989 Addison-Wesley
18. Elad Salomons. Subject: optimization using genetic algorithms. < http://www.optiwater.com > [accessed 21.03.06].
19. Energy Balance Sheet. Iran Ministry of Energy; 2007.
20. Iranian Meteorological Organization. Section of statistics. Mehrabad Station, Tehran Province, Iran; 2001.
21. Geothermal heat pump design manual. United States: McQuay Air Conditioning Application Guide; 2002.
22. Subject: website of Enertran™ Technology Inc. (ETI). < http://www.enertran.ca > [accessed 18.02.07].