GHE Analysis — Feature Overview
GHE Analysis — Feature Overview
Professional ground-source heat pump design and simulation software — powered by two decades of academic research at Polytechnique Montréal.
Design & Modelling
Interactive borehole designer✓
Interactive GHE designer✓
Regular grid and irregular GHE layouts✓
Site background image import and
georeferencing✓
3D borehole viewer✓
2D thermal plume viewer✓
Ground Heat Exchanger Models
Single U-Loop✓
Double U-Loop (adjacent & diagonal)✓
Coaxial BHE✓
Inclined boreholes✓
Standing column well (max. 1 SCW ×
500 m)✓
Simulation
Hourly entering fluid temperature (EFT)
simulation✓
Groundwater flow (advection)✓
Building & ground thermal loads (hourly and
monthly)✓
Temperature-dependent or constant COP &
capacity✓
Geocooling and DHW production✓
Heat-carrier fluid selector (Melinder
database)✓
GHE sizing — ASHRAE alternative method (1–50
years)✓
Energy & peak-power breakdown (HP, pumps,
auxiliary)✓
Operating-energy cost with flexible tariff
engine✓
TRT Analysis
Infinite line source (ILS) interpretation
model✓
ANN model (trained on 3D transient FEM data)✓
Interrupted TRT analysis✓
Variable heating power integration✓
Pipe, grout and geological property
integration✓
Specifications
Maximum number of boreholes (standard)625
Simulation of 625 – 3,000 boreholesOn request
Maximum borehole depth500 m
Maximum simulation period50 years
Operating systemWindows 10+