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2020 Building Performance Analysis Conference and SimBuild co-organized by ASHRAE and IBPSA-USA
 
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Impact of Soil Temperature Variation on Performance Modeling of a Novel Shallow Bore Ground Heat Exchanger
Liang Shi, Ming Qu, Xiaobing Liu, Mingkan ZhangPurdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, USA Abstract: A novel shallow bore (< 6 m deep) ground heat exchanger is proposed to substitute the conventional vertical bore ground heat exchanger (> 60 m deep) for ground source heat pump systems. A series of simulations were carried out to evaluate the impacts of the vertical soil temperature profile on the performance of the shallow bore ground heat exchanger in response to thermal loads of a ground source heat pump system, with various lengths of the shallow bore ground heat exchanger and ground thermal properties. The results indicate that the vertical soil temperature profile has a noticeable influence on the thermal response of the shallow bore ground heat exchanger. Moreover, for shallow bore ground heat exchangers with the same volume and buried depth, the one with greater length and narrower diameter has lower tank water temperature fluctuations over the year due to relatively more stable soil temperature, and the larger surface to volume ratio. Pages: 478 - 486 Paper:simbuild2020_C058