Open AccessOPTIMAL WORKING CONDITIONS OF THE GROUND SOURCE HEAT PUMP FOR HEAT SUPPLY
Author(s) -
M. K. Bezrodnyi,
N.A. Prytula,
M.A. Gobova
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
ènergotehnologii i resursosbereženie
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2664-3561
pISSN - 2413-7723
DOI - 10.33070/etars.1.2017.02
Subject(s) - heat pump , hybrid heat , mechanics , heat exchanger , heat spreader , plate heat exchanger , coefficient of performance , shell and tube heat exchanger , plate fin heat exchanger , materials science , coolant , volumetric heat capacity , environmental science , thermodynamics , physics
The method of determination of optimal working conditions of vertical ground heat exchanger for heat pump low temperature water heating system, providing minimum energy cost for heat production is presented in this article. It was determined that there is an optimum speed of a heat carrier to which minimum total cost of electricity for heating system in a whole corresponds when using vertical probes for heat pump heating system. The correlation between the characteristics of vertical ground heat exchanger (depth of the well, the intensity of selection of heat from the soil pipe diameter, the velocity of a heat carrier) in its optimal working conditions was found. It is shown that the optimum velocity of a heat carrier in the lower circuit depends on the depth of the well, the heat exchanger tube diameter, and is almost independent of temperature conditions works of heat pump systems. It is found that the higher velocity observed at the beginning of the heating period in view of energy storage in the ground. Optimum coolant velocity should decrease until the end of the heating season to ensure minimum specific energy expenditure at HPS. Also noted that an optimum velocity increases with increasing depth of the well and with decreasing diameter of the heat exchanger tube. The established correlation may be used when determining the optimum operating conditions of the vertical ground heat pump heat exchanger low-temperature heating systems with a plan to maximize their energy efficiency. Bibl. 8, Fig. 7.