Heat Transfer Performance in Energy Piles in Urban Areas: Case Studies for Lambeth College and Shell Centre UK
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Abstract
A ground source heat pump system is a highly efficient renewable heating, cooling, and ventilation system that utilizes the ground as a heat source or sink via ground heat exchangers. Energy pile is an energy geotechnical structure that couples a ground heat exchanger with a geotechnical structure, leading to low capital cost. The design of energy piles can be challengeable due to their complicated geometries and the requirement of mechanical load. This study focuses on the heat transfer across the concrete–soil interface of energy piles in urban areas. Case studies from two projects, the Lambeth College and Shell Centre projects, are presented and discussed. The back analysis of two energy pile cases illustrated that the heat transfer coefficient at the pile–soil interface can differ between the cooling mode and the heating mode. It can be concluded that the difference in the heat transfer coefficient is influenced by a number of factors such as soil properties, concrete (grout) properties, and the installation method.
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OpenAlex topics: Geothermal Energy Systems and Applications · Soil and Unsaturated Flow · CO2 Sequestration and Geologic Interactions
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China Construction Science and Technology Group Cooperation, Shenzhen 518118, China
Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen 518055, China
Underground Polis Academy, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518057, China
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