Ground Coupled Heat Exchanger

This thoroughly evaluates a Ground Coupled Heat Exchanger system as a viable and energy-efficient solution for cooling applications. Geothermal energy solutions are well-liked globally due to their capacity to lower a building's energy consumption and their environmental advantages. The Ground Coupled Heat Exchanger geothermal systems have the potential to ultimately decrease greenhouse gas emissions and contribute to a greener and cleaner future by decreasing the energy necessary to power an air conditioning system.

This presentation will include all the various tests we have conducted on the soil surrounding the four boreholes we have used for our experimental setup, along with all the various improvements, repairs, and changes we have made to the experimental setup. We have also analyzed the system's temperature, power usage, and flow rate in various configurations.

These configurations include the number of boreholes used in a test and the type of connections made between the boreholes; these connections include the series configuration, the parallel configuration, and a combination of both. The system was also tested under different conditions, as we tested during the winter and summer months and tested the system during both the day and the night.

From these data sets, we can determine the most efficient configuration and how it compares to the conventional air conditioning system, which was used throughout all our tests to serve as our benchmark.