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Title: Today's ground source heat pumps

Journal Article · · Energy Engineering; (United States)
OSTI ID:5195102

Ground source heat pumps are one of the nation's fastest growing businesses in terms of increased sales of equipment as reported by water source heat pump manufacturers. The success can be attributed in part to these heat pump's reputation as a cost saving system and more recently as an environmentally sound concept. Engineers having an interest in ground source technology come from a large and diverse audience consisting of those who have heard about ground source systems and are contemplating entering the business and those who are experienced and looking to broaden their application base. This article discusses the water source heat pump and its benefits, the commercial Water Loop Heat Pump (WLHP), the ground source heat pump, the commercial Closed Loop/Ground Coupled WLHP, designing a ground heat exchanger, information available for design, and successful systems.

OSTI ID:
5195102
Journal Information:
Energy Engineering; (United States), Vol. 90:5; ISSN 0199-8595
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English