Design Geothermal Heat Pump Systems with GHE Analysis

Borehole thermal resistance of a U-loop ground heat exchanger as a function of flow rate. The resistance Rb decreases greatly as soon as the flow regime becomes turbulent, which improves the borehole efficiency.

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  • A typical closed-loop geothermal heat exchanger, also know as ground heat exchanger or geoexchanger.

    Interactively model complex ground heat exchangers with groundwater flow

  • A typical ground-source heat pump (GSHP) system composed of boreholes and a heat pump. The GHE Analysis software program enables hourly simulation of system responses and quick ground heat exchanger sizing.

    Perform hourly simulation of hybrid systems and optimize seasonal COP

  • Designing a GSHP system requires determining the total length of the geothermal boreholes. The GHE Analysis software provides a sizing tool that uses the alternative ASHRAE method.

    Size GHEs according to ASHRAE and find out what affects borehole length

  • The thermal loads of a building influence the design and sizing of a GHE. GHE Analysis software incorporates the building's hourly energy demand into its simulations.

    Analyze power and energy demand coverage of buildings

  • A typical single U-loop borehole heat exchanger (BHE) composed of 2 pipes embedded in grout. The design of the BHE impact its thermal efficiency, which can be compared easily with GHE Analysis.

    Compare design options and select efficient borehole heat exchangers

  • Temperature measured during a thermal response test (TRT) and used in the test analysis.

    Interactively interpret TRT data with the infinite line source and ANN models

  • Thermal response unit connected to a geothermal well used to determine local ground properties.

    Analyze interrupted TRTs and integrate variations in heating power

  • A typical ground-source heat pump (GSHP), also known as geothermal heat pump, can provide energy savings due to its high coefficient of performance (COP).

    Use temperature-dependent COP curves and integrate the GSHP's part-load efficiency

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A typical ground-source heat pump (GSHP) system composed of boreholes and a heat pump. The GHE Analysis software program enables hourly simulation of system responses and quick ground heat exchanger sizing.

Design ground-source heat pump systems with GHE Analysis

GHE Analysis is a software package for the easy, intuitive and interactive design of ground-source heat pump systems. Use it to size irregular ground heat exchangers, optimize the heat transfer of geothermal boreholes and assess the seasonal performance coefficients of geothermal heat pumps. Based on over two decades of academic research, GHE Analysis incorporates a robust simulation engine designed to quickly simulate the hourly response of a GSHP system. This allows you to easily visualize the energy consumption and power demand of selected equipment and design a cost-effective system. For a complete list of GHE Analysis features, follow this link.

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GHE Analysis Software Interface

Thermal response unit connected to a geothermal well used to determine local ground properties.

Interpret thermal response tests with TRT Analysis

Thermal response tests allow measurement of ground thermal conductivity before design of ground-source heat pump systems. Interpretation of TRTs can be challenging, especially if the heating power varies in time or is interrupted due to a generator failure. TRT analysis is designed to interpret these complex TRTs while providing quality results. TRT analysis is designed to interpret these complex TRTs while providing quality results.

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TRT Analysis Software Interface