A Preliminary Evaluation of the DOE-2.1E Ground Vertical Well Model Using Maxey School Measured Data
A new ground source heat pump routine has been incorporated in the DOE-2 building simulation program, but field validation of this routine is limited. Measured data are available for the operation of a ground source heat pump system for Maxey School, located in Lincoln, NE. Temperatures of the propylene glycol solution flowing in and out of the heat pump system vertical well field as predicted by the DOE-2 routine were compared with the measured data. The results showed a need for improvement in the routine, and a number of improvements were made. These changes helped, but some of the input parameters still had to be adjusted to obtain a reasonably good fit to the measured data. Future areas of investigation were suggested and a course of action was recommended.
- Research Organization:
- Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States); Oak Ridge, TN
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC05-96OR22464
- OSTI ID:
- 6263
- Report Number(s):
- ORNL/CP-102693; EB 40 02 00 0; ON: DE00006263
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: ASHRAE Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA, June 19-23, 1999
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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