• KSCE Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering Research
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• v.32 no.5C
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• pp.177-183
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• 2012

The use of energy pile foundation has been increased for economic utilization of geothermal energy. In particular, a coil-shaped ground heat exchanger (GHE) is preferred than conventional U-shaped heat exchanger to ensure better efficiency of heat exchange rate. This paper presents experimental results by changing different pitch spaces of spiral coils. Joomunjin sand was filled in a steel box of which the size was $5m{\times}1m{\times}1m$. Thermal response tests (TRTs) were conducted to measure the ground thermal conductivity with temperatures of circulating water using line source model and ring coil model. Experimental results and analytical solutions were compared to validate the applicability of these models. Ring coil model showed more accurate similar results with experimental data rather than line source model and cylindrical source model.

• 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2011.05a
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• pp.194.1-194.1
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• 2011

본 연구에서는 지열히트펌프 시스템의 열원으로써 지열이외에 건축물의 미활용 에너지라고 할 수 있는 상수도의 에너지를 활용하여 지중열교환기의 천공길이를 줄이는 것이 주요 목적이며, 또한 건물의 미활용에너지를 냉난방에너지원으로써 이용 가능한 것을 보여주는 것에 있다. 실험은 4인 가족기준으로 3RT 용량의 히트펌프를 설치하고 인당 평균 177 liter/day 기준으로 하루에 약 710 liter/day의 물을 사용하는 것으로 가정하였다(환경부 2007년 상수도 통계값). 시간당 가정내에서 사용하는 물량은 일정하지 않아 일일 8시간 사용하는 것으로 하여 약 1.5 LPM 으로 실험하였다. 저수조의 크기 및 지열 히트펌프의 열원으로써 사용가능한 열량을 계산하기 위해 CFD 시물레이션을 수행하였다. CFD의 결과 상수도를 급수하기 위한 저수조의 크기는 $2m^3$로 결정하였으며 이때 열원으로써 사용가능한 열량은 약 0.7RT였다. 48시간의 실험기간 동안 저수조를 통해 얻은 열원은 0.6RT 였으며 100m의 지중열교환기를 통해 얻은 열원은 2RT 였다. 히트펌프 자체의 난방 COP는 평균 4.2를 나타내었으며 펌프등의 소비전력을 포함한 System COP는 4.0 나타내었다. 이번 연구를 통해 건물의 미활용에너지인 저수조의 물을 이용하여 지열히트펌프의 열원으로써 이용 가능하며 기존의 지열히트펌프 시스템대비 천공길이 단축, 시공비 저감이 가능한 것을 볼 수 있었다.

• Journal of Energy Engineering
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• v.19 no.3
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• pp.143-150
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• 2010

Line source method of borehole system assumes the entire surrounding medium is uniform. However, thermal properties of grouting region are considerably different from those of surrounding soil. In this study we investigate the effect of grouting materials on the solution of line source method with the aid of numerical analysis. This numerical model generates the temperature of borehole fluid with which line source solution can be obtained. Then this solution can be compared with input condition of numerical model. The results of this comparison show that thermal conductivity and borehole thermal resistance of line source solution are approximately 86% and 91% of the input condition of numerical model. Chart method is developed in this study to find the numerical input conditions (thermal conductivity and borehole thermal resistance) from the line source solution. Thermal response test of test borehole is conducted, the results of which are approximately consistent with the Chart method. Thermal property changes of grouting materials on the line source solution are also examined.

• Korea Journal of Geothermal Energy
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• v.5 no.3
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• pp.39-42
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• 2009

• Korea Journal of Geothermal Energy
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• v.5 no.4
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• pp.4-9
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• 2009

• Journal of the Korean Society for Geothermal and Hydrothermal Energy
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• v.10 no.1
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• pp.1-6
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• 2014

In order to evaluate the performance of ground heat source in thermal labyrinth on pre-heating in winter season and pre-cooling in summer season, the followings are made as a conclusion through case study of H project by using the weather data from Korea meteorological administration and CFD model. By making outdoor air inlet via ground heat source in thermal labyrinth for conduction, convection and etc., the temperature rise is $13.4^{\circ}C$as the effect of pre-heating in winter season. On the other hand, as the effect of pre-cooling in summer season, the temperature decrease is $7.2^{\circ}C$. The energy saving rate by the application of ground heat source in thermal labyrinth is 9.1%.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society for Agricultural Machinery Conference
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• 1999.07a
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• pp.104-111
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• 1999

증기압축식 열펌프시스템은 그림 1에 나타난 바와 같이 증발기에서의 흡열과 응축기의 방열을 냉난방에 이용할 수 있으며, 공기를 열원으로 할 때는 공기 중 저밀도의 에너지를 고밀도의 에너지로 전환하여 이용할 수 있으며 지중 온도의 연중변화가 적은 점을 이용하여 지열을 열원으로 할 때는 공기를 열원으로 할 경우에 필요한 제상 장치(defrost cycle)가 필요 없게 되고, 압축기 부하도 줄어들게 되어 열펌프 수명이 길어지게 되며 경제성을 확보할 수 있을 것으로 기대된다. (중략)

• Korean Journal of Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Engineering
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• v.16 no.12
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• pp.1175-1182
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• 2004

Installations of vertical boreholes for the ground source heat pump system are expensive to install. One way to reduce the initial cost is to increase the specific heat extraction rate of borehole system. However, as the specific heat extraction rate increases the temperature of borehole fluid decreases with the resultant lower Coefficient Of Performance in Heating(COPH) of heat pump system. The purpose of this study is to provide the basic informations about the performance of heat pump system with the specific heat extraction rate and soil thermal properties such as thermal conductivity and temperature. It is shown that the specific heat extraction rate is the most important parameter for the ground source heat pump system. To obtain the reasonable COPH value (COPH > 3) the heat extraction rate should be about 25 W/m or less. Accurate measurements of soil thermal properties are also very important to design the system properly. The effects of borehole thermal resistances are also examined in this study.

• The Magazine of the Society of Air-Conditioning and Refrigerating Engineers of Korea
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• v.42 no.12
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• pp.94-97
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• 2013

• Journal of Energy Engineering
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• v.17 no.3
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• pp.167-174
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• 2008

Line source model is commonly used in analyzing the data obtained from thermal response test to estimate the effective soil formation thermal conductivity. In the application of line source model some part of initial data must be ignored in order to achieve more accurate result. The period of time for this initial data is called initial ignoring time(IIT) in this paper. However there has been no definite rule in determining this initial ignoring time. Therefore line source model requires experienced analyzer to select the useful data, which is somewhat subjective. One method often suggested is the calculation of IIT with non dimensional time $\tau=5$. However, this is a very theoretical result derived from a system of perfect line source model, which is somewhat different from the real system. A new method to determine IIT is presented in this study. This method requires error estimation first and IIT can be decided from the results of error estimation. This method is applied in the analysis of field test data and shows better result than the one obtained from the method using non dimensional time mentioned above as shown in Table 2.