Design and analysis of ground coupled heat pumps systems

本提案的范围是研究与土壤耦合热泵系统相关的不同热方面。这些方面涉及使用原始方法的设计应用，包括：小时负荷模拟，短期热响应和大规模长期配置的影响。需求还将评估不同类型的配置，如DX系统和开环配置，并评估其在北方气候背景下的各自优点。还将研究地热地面特性问题的应用。研究提案还将评估真实的安装基准：机构和住宅，以便在真实的生活应用中对不同的节能系统产生真实的能量和经济影响。

The scope of this proposal is to study different thermal aspects related to earth coupled heat pump systems. These aspects are related to design applications using original approaches including : hourly loads simulation, short-time thermal response and effect of large scale long term configurations. The demand will also evaluate different kind of configurations, like DX system and open-loop configurations, and evaluate their individual merits in the context of a northern climate. Application to the problem of thermal ground characterization will also be studied.The research proposal will also evaluate real installation benchmarks: institutional and residential , in order to have real energetic and economical impact of different energy-saving systems in real life applications.