Operating and maintenance experience with commercial/institutional ground source heat pump systems

Conference · Fri Nov 01 04:00:00 EST 1996

OSTI ID:392519

Mancini, R ^[1]; Heiss, H W ^[2]; Singh, J B ^[3]

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1. Mancini, Saldan and Associates Ltd., Toronto, Ontario (Canada)
2. Columbus Southern Ohio Power, Columbus, OH (United States)
3. J. and P. Engineers, Kendall Park, NJ (United States)

Ground-source heat pump (GSHP) systems were first applied to commercial and institutional projects toward the latter half of the last decade. Many such projects exist in the varied climatic zones of North America. However, little is known about the performance, operating costs, and maintenance costs of such systems. This paper deals with operating and maintenance experience over a period spanning approximately seven years. Data were gathered by means of survey forms sent to owners/operators of these systems. The projects surveyed were all located in Ontario, Canada. The resulting data were analyzed and sorted as to location, type and size of building, number and type of heat pumps, nature of failures that may have been experienced, energy consumption, energy costs, and maintenance costs. The resulting data are presented on the basis of a square foot of conditioned space.

• OSTI ID: 392519
• Report Number(s): CONF-960254--
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION
COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS
DATA ACQUISITION
DATA ANALYSIS
GROUND SOURCE HEAT PUMPS
MAINTENANCE
OPERATING COST
OPERATION
SCHOOL BUILDINGS