Numerical simulation for thermal response test performance in closed-loop vertical ground heat exchanger
- Authors
- Choi, Jong Min; Lee, Chulho; Park, Moonseo; Kang, Shin-Hyung; Choi, Hangseok
- Issue Date
- 7월-2011
- Publisher
- SCIENCE PRESS
- Keywords
- closed-loop vertical ground heat exchanger; cement grout; bentonite grout; in-situ thermal response test; finite-volume method; thermal conductivity
- Citation
- SCIENCE CHINA-TECHNOLOGICAL SCIENCES, v.54, no.7, pp.1668 - 1673
- Indexed
- SCIE
SCOPUS
- Journal Title
- SCIENCE CHINA-TECHNOLOGICAL SCIENCES
- Volume
- 54
- Number
- 7
- Start Page
- 1668
- End Page
- 1673
- URI
- https://scholar.korea.ac.kr/handle/2021.sw.korea/112126
- DOI
- 10.1007/s11431-011-4389-x
- ISSN
- 1674-7321
- Abstract
- In this study, a series of numerical analyses was performed in order to evaluate the performance of full-scale closed-loop vertical ground heat exchangers constructed in Wonju, South Korea. The circulating HDPE pipe, borehole and surrounding ground formation were modeled using FLUENT, a finite-volume method (FVM) program, for analyzing the heat transfer process of the ground heat exchanger system. Two user-defined functions (UDFs) accounting for the difference in the temperature of the circulating inflow and outflow fluid and the variation of ground temperature with depth were adopted in the FLUENT modeling. The thermal conductivities of grouts (cement vs. bentonite) measured in laboratory were used as input values in the numerical analyses to compare the thermal efficiency of the cement and bentonite grouts used for installing the closed-loop vertical ground heat exchanger. A series of numerical analyses was carried out to simulate in-situ thermal response tests performed in the construction site. From the comparison between the in-situ thermal response test results and numerical simulations, the average thermal conductivity of the ground formation in the construction site is back-calculated as approximately 4 W/mK. This value can be used in evaluating the long-term performance of the closed-loop vertical ground heat exchanger.
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