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Ground Source Heat Pump Systems for Renewable Heating and Cooling: Design, Numerical Modeling, and Optimization presents a comprehensive account of GSHP systems and their potential for renewable heating and cooling based on unique case studies from Akita University since 2014. The book covers all aspects of ground source heat pump (GSHP) systems for meeting the heating and cooling demands of energy-efficient buildings across the world. With access to critical data and experimental results across countries, from Japan to Canada, and including both vertical and horizontal grounds heat exchangers, this book presents the latest steps and best practices for utilization.
Practical elements include maps, installations, field measurements and numerical modeling using the experience of researchers in Japan. Bringing these tools together, the book's chapters offer solutions to the many challenges of these systems, including feasibility studies, optimum well depths, unbalanced heating and cooling demands, and hybrid systems.
List of contents
1. Introduction to ground source heat pump systems: current global trends
2. Estimation of groundwater flow velocity using thermal response test results: a case study on Akita University campus
3. Numerical modeling and economic analysis of semi-open loop ground source heat pump systems through a case study in Akita city, Japan
4. Numerical modeling of slinky-coil horizontal ground heat exchangers
5. Evaluation of utilizing horizontal directional drilling technology for ground source heat pumps from a case study in Saga City, southern Japan
6. Hybrid ground source heat pump systems: case studies in heating and cooling dominant areas in Japan
7. Evaluation of an integrated sewage pipe with ground heat: applications in a case study in Manitoba, Canada
8. Assessment of the development potential of ground-coupled heat pump systems9. Economic analysis and supportive energy policies in the world
About the author
Saeid Bina is an Assistant Professor at the Energy Resources Engineering Lab at Akita University in Japan, where he also completed his PhD in 2018. He is conducting research into renewable energy and ground source heat pump systems modeling for renewable HVAC technologies. He is affiliated with the Geothermal Research Society of Japan (GRSJ). Dr Bina has published 20 papers and been cited over 150 times.
