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Simulation of embedded heat exchangers of solar aided ground source heat pump system

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Aimed at unbalance of soil temperature field of ground source heat pump system, solar aided energy storage system was established. In solar assisted ground-source heat pump (SAGSHP) system with soil storage, solar energy collected in three seasons was stored in the soil by vertical U type soil exchangers. The heat abstracted by the ground-source heat pump and collected by the solar collector was employed to heating. Some of the soil heat exchangers were used to store solar energy in the soil so as to be used in next winter after this heating period; and the others were used to extract cooling energy directly in the soil by circulation pump for air conditioning in summer. After that solar energy began to be stored in the soil and ended before heating period. Three dimensional dynamic numerical simulations were built for soil and soil heat exchanger through finite element method. Simulation was done in different strata month by month. Variation and restoration of soil temperature were studied. Economy and reliability of long term SAGSHP system were revealed. It can be seen that soil temperature is about 3 °C higher than the original one after one year’s running. It is beneficial for the system to operate for long period.

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  1. School of Municipal and Environmental Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, 150090, China

    Fang Wang  (王 芳), Mao-yu Zheng  (郑茂余) & Zhong-jian Li  (李忠建)

  2. Department of Mechanical Power Engineering, Harbin University of Science and Technology, Harbin, 150080, China

    Fang Wang  (王 芳) & Jun-peng Shao  (邵俊鹏)

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Foundation item: Project(GC06A316) supported by the Key Technologies Research and Development Program of Heilongjiang Province, China; Project(11531038) supported by the Program of the Educational Commission of Heilongjiang Province of China.

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Wang, F., Zheng, My., Shao, Jp. et al. Simulation of embedded heat exchangers of solar aided ground source heat pump system. J. Cent. South Univ. Technol. 15 (Suppl 2), 261–266 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11771-008-0468-y

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