Performance of shallow borehole of spiral-tube ground heat exchanger / Jalaluddin, Rustan Tarakka and Akio Miyara

The use of geothermal energy has been recognized as a possible solution for reducing emissions. This energy source is a renewable and green energy sources with wide applications such as for space air conditioning and hot water supply. A ground heat exchanger (GHE) can be applied in the space air con...

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Main Authors: Jalaluddin,, Rustan Tarakka, Akio, Miyara
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Language:English
Published: Faculty of Mechanical Engineering Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) 2018
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Online Access:https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/36322/
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Akio, Miyara
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description The use of geothermal energy has been recognized as a possible solution for reducing emissions. This energy source is a renewable and green energy sources with wide applications such as for space air conditioning and hot water supply. A ground heat exchanger (GHE) can be applied in the space air conditioning system for exchanging heat with the ground. This study present an investigation of thermal performance of shallow spiral-tube GHE buried in the 5 m depth. The performance of this GHE is investigated by numerical method using CFD code. The performance of the spiral-tube GHE is 46.9 Watt per meter borehole depth in laminar flow and 64.6 Watt per meter borehole depth in turbulent flow. Comparison between the spiral-tube and the conventional U-tube GHEs shows the possibility to reduce borehole depth and installation cost. Using the spiral-tube GHE can reduce the borehole about a half compared with using the conventional U-tube GHE. Shallow spiral-tube GHEs can be arranged in series and parallel configurations to meet the needs in the application.
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spelling uitm-363222020-11-09T03:36:53Z https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/36322/ Performance of shallow borehole of spiral-tube ground heat exchanger / Jalaluddin, Rustan Tarakka and Akio Miyara jmeche Jalaluddin,, Rustan Tarakka Akio, Miyara TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery The use of geothermal energy has been recognized as a possible solution for reducing emissions. This energy source is a renewable and green energy sources with wide applications such as for space air conditioning and hot water supply. A ground heat exchanger (GHE) can be applied in the space air conditioning system for exchanging heat with the ground. This study present an investigation of thermal performance of shallow spiral-tube GHE buried in the 5 m depth. The performance of this GHE is investigated by numerical method using CFD code. The performance of the spiral-tube GHE is 46.9 Watt per meter borehole depth in laminar flow and 64.6 Watt per meter borehole depth in turbulent flow. Comparison between the spiral-tube and the conventional U-tube GHEs shows the possibility to reduce borehole depth and installation cost. Using the spiral-tube GHE can reduce the borehole about a half compared with using the conventional U-tube GHE. Shallow spiral-tube GHEs can be arranged in series and parallel configurations to meet the needs in the application. Faculty of Mechanical Engineering Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) 2018 Article PeerReviewed text en https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/36322/1/36322.pdf Jalaluddin,, Rustan Tarakka and Akio, Miyara (2018) Performance of shallow borehole of spiral-tube ground heat exchanger / Jalaluddin, Rustan Tarakka and Akio Miyara. (2018) Journal of Mechanical Engineering (JMechE) <https://ir.uitm.edu.my/view/publication/Journal_of_Mechanical_Engineering_=28JMechE=29.html>, 15 (2). pp. 41-52. ISSN 1823-5514 ; 2550-164X https://jmeche.uitm.edu.my/
spellingShingle TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
Jalaluddin,, Rustan Tarakka
Akio, Miyara
Performance of shallow borehole of spiral-tube ground heat exchanger / Jalaluddin, Rustan Tarakka and Akio Miyara
title Performance of shallow borehole of spiral-tube ground heat exchanger / Jalaluddin, Rustan Tarakka and Akio Miyara
title_full Performance of shallow borehole of spiral-tube ground heat exchanger / Jalaluddin, Rustan Tarakka and Akio Miyara
title_fullStr Performance of shallow borehole of spiral-tube ground heat exchanger / Jalaluddin, Rustan Tarakka and Akio Miyara
title_full_unstemmed Performance of shallow borehole of spiral-tube ground heat exchanger / Jalaluddin, Rustan Tarakka and Akio Miyara
title_short Performance of shallow borehole of spiral-tube ground heat exchanger / Jalaluddin, Rustan Tarakka and Akio Miyara
title_sort performance of shallow borehole of spiral-tube ground heat exchanger / jalaluddin, rustan tarakka and akio miyara
topic TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
url https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/36322/
https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/36322/