The analysis of long-term borehole heat exchanger system exploitation

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Authors

  • Marek Jaszczur AGH University of Science and Technology, Kraków, Poland
  • Tomasz Śliwa AGH University of Science and Technology, Kraków, Poland

Abstract

The key issue in designing borehole heat exchangers (BHE) is the long-term performance of the ground source heat pump (GSHP) systems. The performance directly reflects economic profitability and depends on a large number of parameters including rock formation, the construction of the borehole heat exchangers, working parameters (circulation rates) and thermal load. The objective of the paper is to perform a realistic long-term (up to 10 years) analysis of the ground system to show possible degradation of efficiency over time. A mathematical model of the heat transfer in a borehole heat exchanger and the surrounding area has been constructed for parameters of the currently running experimental system. The long-term performance of the ground source heat pump system is evaluated.

Keywords:

borehole heat exchangers, reservoir engineering, heat pumps systems, geoenergetics

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