Analysis Suite — Release Notes

Full changelog for all tools in the Analysis Suite.

GHE Analysis
Version 2.4

Geocooling and Domestic Hot Water

  • Geocooling (passive cooling) — bypass the heat pump in cooling mode via a heat exchanger
  • Domestic hot water (DHW) — loads integrated into simulation for both heating and cooling modes
  • Data import and copy-paste — borehole coordinates, heat pump performance curves, and thermal load profiles
Version 2.3

Standing Column Well Support

  • Standing column well (SCW) — full sizing and simulation for a GHE composed of 1 SCW
  • Extended borehole depth up to 500 m for all configurations (coaxial, single U-loop, double U-loop, SCW)
  • Improved performance for large GHEs (>300 boreholes) — simulation kernel 2–3× faster
  • Data export issue resolved
Version 2.2

Hourly Simulation from 1 to 50 Years

  • Hourly simulations for design horizons of 1, 3, 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, and 50 years
  • Customizable chart views
  • Chart rendering performance improved by a factor of 3–20×
  • Simulation kernel automatic optimization after first use
  • Stability fix — fatal crash from version 2.1 resolved
Version 2.1

Thermal Plume Visualization

  • Thermal plume viewer — 2D visualization of the spatial extent and evolution of the subsurface thermal plume
  • Ground temperature evaluation at user-defined locations
  • Extended GHE sizing periods — 25, 50, and 100-year horizons added
  • Improved undisturbed ground temperature model based on surface temperature and geothermal heat flux
Version 2.0

Inclined Boreholes with Groundwater Flow

  • Inclined boreholes with groundwater flow — inclined finite line source model with full groundwater flow support
  • 3D borehole viewer — inspect borehole layouts, orientations, and depths within the interface
  • Interface and font rendering improvements across platforms
  • Address finder and mapping utility (development preview)
Version 1.4

Extended Borehole Field Support

  • Large borehole field support — regular and irregular fields from 1 to 625 boreholes
  • Improved GUI responsiveness — smoother and faster user interaction
  • Dark theme refinements for cleaner, more consistent appearance
  • Stability fix — critical crash when sizing tool was used before load initialization resolved
  • New installer for streamlined installation and setup
Version 1.3

Coaxial BHE and Spreadsheet Export

  • Coaxial borehole heat exchangers — added alongside single and double U-loop configurations
  • Spreadsheet export — simulation results exportable for custom charts and further analysis
  • Improved convective heat transfer modeling in the transition zone (2300 < Re < 4000)
  • Borehole resistance calculation up to 3× faster
  • Validation against more than 100 published reference scenarios
Version 1.2

Faster Simulation and Chart Tooltips

  • Fluid temperature simulation 3× faster
  • Chart tooltips for easier data interpretation
  • Expanded groundwater flow velocity range
  • Borehole coordinate copy directly from table
  • Minor features, GUI improvements, and bug fixes
Version 1.1

Flexible Load Input and Faster G-Functions

  • G-function evaluation 2.5× faster — 40 ms for 100-borehole fields on most desktops
  • Flexible load input — monthly base and peak loads in addition to hourly profiles
  • COP input — direct entry of GSHP coefficient of performance and manufacturer data
  • Minor features, GUI improvements, and bug fixes
TRT Analysis
Release notes coming soon.