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.
- Covers all aspects of GSHP systems, including challenges and utilization opportunities
- Includes extensive experimental data from unique case studies by Akita University over 7 years, encompassing multiple countries and a huge range of system types
- Presents findings from research techniques which have not always been readily available to researchers due to budgetary challenges, from TRT machines to drilling
1. Introduction to ground source heat pump systems: current global trends2. Estimation of groundwater flow velocity using thermal response test results: a case study on Akita University campus3. Numerical modeling and economic analysis of semi-open loop ground source heat pump systems through a case study in Akita city, Japan4. Numerical modeling of slinky-coil horizontal ground heat exchangers5. Evaluation of utilizing horizontal directional drilling technology for ground source heat pumps from a case study in Saga City, southern Japan6. Hybrid ground source heat pump systems: case studies in heating and cooling dominant areas in Japan7. Evaluation of an integrated sewage pipe with ground heat: applications in a case study in Manitoba, Canada8. Assessment of the development potential of ground-coupled heat pump systems9. Economic analysis and supportive energy policies in the world
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.
